Once a month, every woman is unwell. Someone holds the "critical days" calmly, others suffer from pain, increased irritability... About how best to survive the month, we asked the expert.So, what you need to know about menstruation, says Les, Sizonenko, gynecologist Metropolitan hospital No. 7.
During menstruation cannot...
To get pregnant
If a woman is healthy, then Yes. At this time, the uterus is no longer able to "shelter" the egg and the sperm: the mucosa of the uterus sloughs and comes out with blood (one well-known gynecologist poetically described it as "bloody tears of the uterus on unfertilized egg"). Some believe that during menstruation increases the risk of ectopic pregnancy, but this is misleading. Sometimes you can hear: the sperm of a man long in the vagina and can meet the egg, the end of menstruation. It is also a myth. Even if the act was in the last bloody day, the male semen remains in the vagina for up to 3 days, and the egg can go into the uterus not earlier than 5 days after the termination of the discharge. Therefore, the sex cells are likely to meet will fail.
To do operations (and to pull teeth)
Indeed, what seems to be a superstition, has a scientific basis. At this time the woman is worse collapses the blood, which may result in heavy bleeding during and after surgery. By the way, when you assign operation literate doctors always ask about it.
Soak in the bath
A bath in this period to take undesirable - the cervix is slightly open and from the water it can get infected. But about the soul there are no restrictions. By the way, pubic hair and genitals must be washed with soap and water, paying particular attention to sexual lips, because their folds can accumulate balances of allocations that can be the basis for infection. If a woman enjoys strips, it is desirable to wash every time you change pads. However, you should not wash directly vagina, as the alkaline components of soap can interfere with its slightly acidic environment (it prevents the penetration of the vagina microbes with external genital organs).
To have sex without a condom
During menstruation genital region more susceptible to various infections. For example, the probability of Contracting AIDS is increased about five times. But recall that the risk can be reduced to nothing, if you use barrier contraception (as well as in ordinary days).
Take aspirin
Aspirin and other drugs on the basis of acetylsalicylic acid, especially if they are consumed regularly, cause liquefaction of the blood (on this and based their action) that leads to the renewal month. So if you need to reduce pain, it is better to resort to alternative means. We can recommend paracetamol or ibuprofen. Their molecular structure is very similar to aspirin, but they don't actually have an impact on your blood.
To test the physical load
Many women at this time feel is not the best way, and get tired faster - in this case it is better to keep quiet. Anyway, in the first two days, when bleeding the most abundant. Otherwise, you can trigger his gain. However, once again do not have. Most swimmers have made world records during the month, so if menstruation is easily tolerated, then deny yourself the pleasure to encroach on any record is not necessary.
How best to compensate for the blood loss?
Blood consists of a liquid - plasma (98% of plasma is water) and blood cells. The blood cells 2 main components - protein and iron. In the process of hematopoiesis participate and vitamins, especially B12 and folic acid. Therefore, faster to compensate for the lost blood, nourish your body:
- liquid: a day to drink a little more than the daily requirement is about 2, 2 l;
- protein: the best sources of protein - meat, fish, dairy products, beans;
- iron: this mineral in the liver, Greek nuts, eggs, apples (especially baked with nails! );
- vitamin B12: its a lot of liver, eggs, fish, cheese;
- folic acid: eat dishes from the liver, legumes, greens, cabbage.
To relieve the pain keeps
- warm heating pad;
- slight massaging the painful area clockwise;
- analgesics: for example, nimesulide;
- antispasmodics (2 tab. shpy, or 30 drops of Corvalol);
- walk in the fresh air.
You need to consult a physician, if the monthly...
Irregular. This can happen due to heavy stress, major exercise, strict diet, and hormonal disorders. To reliably establish the cause can only be a doctor.
Accompanied by great pain. Usually when menstruation by dragging pain in the abdomen, in the lumbar region. If the pain makes you distracted from work, accompanied by pallor, cold skin, forced to occupy one position, for example, supine, then this may indicate diseases of female genital sphere, for example, polycystic ovaries, inflammation of the uterus and appendages.
Become more abundant than ever, change the color, smell, highlighted with suspicious lumps. All these signs can talk about the diseases of the uterus and genital tract, although it can occur in healthy women. So, it's better to understand the doctor.
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