During menstruation, you can take a bath, but only a shower and not a sitz bath, and when bathing, you should not use cold water to avoid catching a cold or aggravating menstrual cramps.
A woman’s uterine lining is shed under the influence of hormones and flows out through the cervix and vagina to form menstrual blood. During menstruation, a woman’s cervical opening is loose, and when bathing by means of a sitz bath, the water will enter along the vagina, which is prone to cause upward infections and lead to gynecological diseases. Therefore, you can’t take a sitz bath during menstruation, only shower cleaning.
During menstruation, women’s body immunity is low and weak, and it is easy to cause cold after catching a cold, so if you want to take a bath during menstruation, you should wash it with hot water and pay attention to keep warm to prevent colds.
It is important to note that the first two days of menstruation are usually characterized by heavy menstrual bleeding and some women experience menstrual cramps, so bathing should be avoided as much as possible.