Let's discuss the question that interests most girls and women: “Is it possible to swim during menstruation?”
Let's start with the general points about menstruation. Menstruation is a cyclical rejection of the endometrium of the uterine cavity, as a result of which it is updated. A certain area is rejected every month and for several days the endothelium with an admixture of blood leaves the uterus.
Every woman should understand that the rejected endothelium is a wound that can become infected, and the water is far from sterile.
“Is it possible to swim during menstruation or during pregnancy?” - many women ask the gynecologist. The doctor must answer the woman so that she herself can make a conclusion for herself. After all, if you can’t do something, it doesn’t mean at all that people will not do it.
So, to correctly and correctly answer this question, let's look at what can happen if you swim during your period.
If a woman decided to splash at the very beginning of menstruation, then this is fraught with a severe inflammatory process.
Inflammation can begin as a result of banal hypothermia. You may not even feel the cold of water as such, just the surface of the uterus is not protected by the endothelium and mucous membrane, which means that it is more susceptible to hypothermia than the skin and other surfaces.
As a result of the penetration of bacteria, an inflammatory process develops. Moreover, this does not mean at all that everything will happen immediately after the woman gets out of the water. The process takes from 3 to 7 days. Moreover, much depends on the immune system of a woman, if she is weak, and in addition she still has any pathology of the genitals, then banal bathing can turn into sepsis.
Very often, girls, going on vacation, ask the doctor "is it possible to swim in the sea during menstruation?" Apparently the fairer sex thinks that salt water is an excellent disinfectant, so they are not at risk. But there are many other unpleasant microorganisms in the sea, which very often spoil a woman's vacation.
Mobile organisms can penetrate the vagina and uterus during bathing, attaching to the walls of the organ and causing discomfort, inflammation and even rot.
In the question “is it possible to swim with menstruation?”, One cannot ignore the fact that when bathing small vessels thrombose and blood temporarily ceases to stand out. After a day, menstruation begins again, which lengthens the cycle, and, therefore, the next rejection may not start on time. Gynecologists noted that in the summer period, many women have an irregular menstrual cycle, and this is mostly due to bathing.
When a girl asks whether it is possible to swim during menstruation, I want to ask her if she knows what dysbiosis is. The fact is that water with all its microflora and medium has a very distant relationship with the microflora of the vagina. That is why with frequent bathing, not even during menstruation, some women may be prone to dysbiosis. And during the period of menstruation, neither the vagina nor the uterus are practically protected, and the woman’s risk of developing this condition doubles.
Can I swim during menstruation? Well, if you really want to, then you can, only you need to be able to protect yourself from the negative effects of various factors. Firstly, 30-40 minutes before swimming, it is necessary to sanitize the vagina with special candles (for example, Betadine or any others that you find in the pharmacy). It is best based on iodine, but ordinary ones are also possible. You must use the swab while bathing and remove it immediately after you land. Then at night, you must again use the vaginal suppository.
All this is necessary only to protect you from the possible influence of river or sea water.