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Causes of vaginal bleeding after intimacy

Health

 

A woman’s body goes through a lot, there is monthly periods, cramps, pregnancy, labor pains and the list is endless. It is said that when women break their virginity, they tend to bleed though some have confessed they do not? Just after having sex with your partner and spot red spots between your sheets.  Probably, you have no idea what it could be. That is vaginal bleeding, which is alarming! The most common causes of vaginal bleeding after sex starts in the cervix and opens up to the vagina later.

These are the causes of vaginal bleeding after sex:

Lack of lubrication or there is a lot of heated friction during sex. A vaginal infection. Cancer of the vagina, uterus or cervix. It could be that you have genital sores that have been caused by sexual transmitted diseases .ie. Gonorrhea, Herpes, Syphilis A pre-cancerous cervical spot which should be tested earlier. Normal uterine bleeding when you have just started your periods or they have ended. When the vagina is on dry season, well by that I mean the dryness is brought by soaps, chemicals, chemotherapy or having your ovaries removed.

If you have minor bleeding, chances are everything is fine but the only way to know your reproductive health is doing fine is by visiting a doctor/gynecologist.

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