What are the harms of long-term sitting to women?

Sitting is a way for people to rest, because it allows the body to get proper rest and is very effective in relieving fatigue. Although there are many benefits of sitting, long-term sitting can cause people to show signs of illness and bring great instability to life. For example, what are the dangers of long-term sitting to women? Let’s take a look at the explanation below.

1. Sitting for a long time will "damage" your uterus

Sitting for a long time can easily cause congestion in the female pelvis, leading to poor blood circulation in the appendages and cervix. In addition, sitting for a long time can cause poor ventilation of the vulva. These two factors combined can make it easier to get infected, leading to cervicitis, cervical erosion, cervical hypertrophy, cervical polyps, etc.

Moreover, the cervix itself does not feel pain because the cervical nerve control belongs to the visceral nervous system, which is not sensitive to pain at all. Therefore, when there is inflammation or other discomfort, women themselves often cannot discover it in time and tend to ignore it.

According to statistics from the World Health Organization, women with cervical erosion are 5 to 10 times more likely to develop cervical cancer than ordinary women. Among various malignant tumors in women, the incidence of cervical cancer ranks second only to breast cancer. Therefore, it is important for women to protect their cervix.

2. Long-term sitting is prone to endometriosis

Due to sitting for a long time, menstrual blood does not flow smoothly during menstruation, which causes backflow of menstrual blood. If it accumulates for a long time, it will turn into a lump and cause chocolate cyst, which is endometriosis.

It is reported that chocolate cysts may cause symptoms such as dysmenorrhea, changes in menstrual blood volume, pain during sexual intercourse and infertility, and some patients may experience menstrual disorders. Women with these symptoms should go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time. Although surgery can completely remove ovarian cysts, some patients are prone to recurrence.

The best way is to get pregnant as much as possible, because there is at least a year after pregnancy for the endometrial tissue to gradually decline and be absorbed due to the lack of estrogen. Therefore, pregnancy is the best treatment, and assisted reproductive technology is also the best treatment.