Vaginal Bleeding After Sexual Relationship

Vaginal Bleeding After Sexual Relationship: Have you ever had vaginal bleeding when or after sexual intercourse? If yes, you should immediately see a doctor. Because vaginal bleeding can be a sign that you have an infection, pelvic inflammation, cervical polyps, vaginal dryness, and cervical ectropion.

Vaginal Bleeding After Sexual Relationship

However, you do not need to worry too much before seeing a doctor, because there are also vaginal bleeding that is common and does not cause harm. Therefore, let's recognize the difference.

Vaginal bleeding when or after intercourse can occur when you are starting menstruation. Do not know age, bleeding can occur in young or old women. Apart from menstruation, the following are the factors that cause vaginal discharge when or after sexual intercourse.

• Friction during intercourse. Especially when it's your first time having sex.
• Dry vagina. This is common in women who have entered the menopause stage and afterwards due to lack of lubricating fluid.
• Vaginal atrophy. Thinning, drying, and inflammation of the vaginal wall because the body lacks estrogen. This condition often occurs in nursing mothers and after menopause.
• Vaginitis. Inflammation of the vagina can be caused by bacterial infection in the vagina.
• Genital injuries due to sexually transmitted diseases, such as herpes or syphilis.
• Disorders of the cervix, can be cervical cancer and cervical inflammation.
• Cervical polyps. This condition is benign, not cancerous.
• Cervical ectropion. A condition on the surface of the cervix. This condition often occurs in young women, pregnant women, and women who take contraceptive pills. This condition is not dangerous and can disappear by itself. However, there are also those who need care. Ectropion of the cervix has nothing to do with cancer.
• Injury to the uterine lining.

Women who have gone through menopause and find complaints of vaginal bleeding need to immediately see a doctor. Or if you feel worried or want to check the cause that makes you experience bleeding, please consult a doctor.

If you experience vaginal bleeding due to lack of lubrication, you can ask your partner to prolong the foreplay before penetrating. Another alternative is to use lubricant products. But don't just use lubricants. Try to consult a doctor first about what products are suitable for you.

Always maintain the health of your intimate organs to avoid bacteria, fungi, infections, and other bad things. Also pay attention to the intake you consume every day and do healthy and safe sex.

If you experience vaginal bleeding, avoid having sex the next day. Rest if bleeding makes the body tired or sick. Check with your doctor if you are worried and especially if bleeding during intercourse occurs more than once. Watching and preventing is always better than cure.

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