Silence about menstruation can lead to ignorance and neglect,
including at the policy level. This leaves women and girls vulnerable
to things like period poverty and discrimination. It also adversely
affects women and girls with heightened vulnerabilities. So let us go
through some FAQs regarding Menstruation.
Of course! You can take on whatever sport you love! Run, bike, dance, rock climb! In fact, healthcare professionals recommend being active as a way to reduce those awful cramps.
PMS is a condition when physical and emotional changes tend to hinder the daily life.
PMS symptoms include: feeling irritable, anxious, depressed or confused; angry outbursts, headaches, bloating, sore breasts, swollen hands and feet.
No. While menstruation has been used throughout history to exclude women and girls from all kinds of roles and settings, there is really nothing that menstruating people cannot do. Exercise, swimming, bathing, and work are all possible during menstruation
Many women and girls suffer from irregular bleedings during their monthly menstrual cycles. Your period is irregular if it comes more frequently than 21 days, or you go 35 days or more between periods, the cycle length varies greatly. Sometimes irregular periods can be caused by some medicines, exercising too much, too low or too high body weight. Hormonal imbalances can also cause irregular periods, e.g., thyroid hormone level abnormalities.
TSS is a rare but serious disease that may cause death. There are scientific studies that have concluded that tampons contribute to the cause of TSS. There is risk of TSS to all women using tampons during their menstrual period.
You can reduce the risk of developing TSS during your period by alternating tampons with feminine pads.
Menorrhagia is the medical term for menstrual bleeding lasting for longer than 7 days. About 1 in every 20 women has menorrhagia. Some of the bleeding can be very heavy, meaning you would change your tampon or pad after less than 2 hours. It can also mean you pass clots the size of a quarter or even larger.
Not using contraception during your period is a dangerous game, because it is actually possible for fertilization to occur during this phase of your menstrual cycle! The length of the menstrual cycle varies from woman to woman between 21 and 35 days. Ovulation almost always occurs around two weeks before your period, i.e. between day 7 and 21 of your cycle. Because the life span of sperm is unpredictable, unprotected sex can lead to pregnancy from the first day of your period.
There are several reasons why your period might be late.
One could be that you might be pregnant. If you think this could be the case, you can take a home pregnancy test or see your doctor to check.
However, several other factors can cause late or even missed periods, for example medication, stress, diet or exercise.
In particular, young women, whose cycles are not yet so well established, often have hormonal fluctuations that can cause late or even missed periods.
The time from the first sign of blood to the last is usually in the 3-to-5-day range.
It’s common for cycles to be a little irregular for a few years after your first period. This means your periods may not always come at the same time every cycle, and they may be a bit different from one month to the next. Don’t worry, as you progress through adolescence, your cycles will become more regular and start to reflect adult cycle ranges, but they may still be a bit variable.
No way - period blood can't flush away sperm. Sperm survives within the female reproductive system for up to five days. This means that a tiny fraction of women do have a small chance of becoming pregnant from unprotected sex during their period.
Heavy contractions can lead to low back pain, as the pain can radiate from the lower abdomen into the lower back. There are some hormonal contraception methods which may reduce these symptoms as they reduce your bleeding and, thus your pain as well. Please talk to your healthcare provider for individual medical advice.
Irregular menstrual cycles are common in young people who have just started to have periods. People tend to have shorter or sometimes longer menstrual cycles during puberty, which may lead to them having two periods in 1 month. Hormone levels fluctuate significantly during puberty.
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