2006-09-21 07:32:13 · 7 answers · asked by shashi s 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Not perfectly sure of your question, but if it's "how can a woman pass blood during her menstrual cycle if she hasn't had intercourse (where the hymen---maidenhead---is still considered intact)?"
The hymen does not necessarily cover the entire vaginal opening, or it may have a number of openings naturally occurring within it, even in a woman who has not had intercourse. The hymen may also be so very small that it's barely noticeable, and no bleeding (or significant pain) occurs in first sexual congress.
When we had the "talk to young teenage girls" from a local obstetrician/gynecologist (who had DELIVERED a good half of us, 13-14 years prior to The Talk), he said that in quite a number of cases, infant girls had "ruptured hymens" at delivery----and he was entirely willing to SWEAR in court, under oath, that none of us had been near a male's private parts (except for the circumstances surrounding conception!).
2006-09-21 07:39:40 · answer #1 · answered by samiracat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hymen is usually not completely intact due to other day to day activites so menses can get out.
In extremely rare circumstances the hymen is not only intact but thicker than normal & the menses cannot get out & if the immune system cant 'absorb' it then it causes infection and requires surgery to 'unblock' the vagina.
Usually there is part of the hymen still visible & even in women who have had intercourse (and even babies) some of the hymen is visible...and it can actually grow back!
2006-09-21 07:40:12 · answer #2 · answered by KidTechnical 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are describing the hymen. This is a thin flap of tissue that is usually broken during the first intercourse. (And very often before that just from other activity.) It is porous so it will let the blood pass.
2006-09-21 07:34:49 · answer #3 · answered by danl747 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not skin. it's a membrane called hymen. the hymen causes the "blood" when a woman loses her virginity. usually it is intact before a woman loses her virginity, but it can be damaged by certain activities like biking and horseback riding so some women who are still virgins but are very active don't bleed.
2006-09-21 07:35:25 · answer #4 · answered by quarkz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a thin membrane, and it does not completely close the passageway (it's outside the vagina, actually). Fluid can pass by.
2006-09-21 07:34:33 · answer #5 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the thin "screen" is a hymen and in most normal cases, the hymen does not close the entire area off.
More information in the link below.
2006-09-21 07:35:37 · answer #6 · answered by highc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very very tiny opening I think.....
2006-09-21 07:34:23 · answer #7 · answered by Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋