Women should be alert to pelvic inflammatory disease when swimming during menstruation

Women who swim during menstruation are more likely to develop pelvic inflammatory disease due to the invasion of bacteria. When swimming in public swimming pools, special attention should be paid to hygiene and personal health protection to avoid bacteria spreading through the pool water and cross infection. For patients with vaginitis, acute cervicitis, acute pelvic inflammatory disease, and urinary tract infection, it is best not to swim before the inflammation is cured, otherwise it may increase the chance of repeated infection.

The female vagina is connected to the outside world, which provides the possibility of bacterial infection. The cervix is ​​not nerve-distributed, so even if early inflammation occurs, there is no discomfort, so many people do not pay attention to it. Although the water in the swimming pool is circulated and disinfected, it is impossible for the water to be sterile. If the disinfection is not thorough in some places, there is no guarantee. Women swimming during menstruation are prone to bacterial infection and pelvic inflammatory disease.

The changing rooms of public swimming pools are usually simple, with stools, toilets, and lockers for public use, which are inevitably contaminated with bacteria. Therefore, when changing clothes, women should try not to let their skin touch the stools directly, and the clothes they change should be packed in clean bags, especially underwear should be wrapped inside outer clothes. Don't be careless during swimming. The ground by the pool is often stepped on barefoot by people, and the mold on the feet is also stuck to the ground. If you sit on it casually, it is easy to cause candidal vaginitis. Therefore, when sitting by the pool, you might as well put a bath towel on it before sitting, and don't let your skin touch the ground directly.

In short, it is best for women not to swim during menstruation. If they must swim, they must take precautions, pay attention to isolation, ensure hygiene, and avoid pelvic inflammatory disease.