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Reading in the book "Growth and change" about menstruation and puberty (Tanzania) Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) or menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) is the access to menstrual hygiene products to absorb or collect the flow of blood during menstruation, privacy to change the materials, and access to facilities to dispose of used menstrual management materials. [1]
Diagram illustrating how the uterus lining builds up and breaks down during the menstrual cycle Menstruation (also known as a period, among other colloquial terms) is the regular discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina. The menstrual cycle is characterized by the rise and fall of hormones. Menstruation is triggered by falling progesterone ...
Menstrual Hygiene Day makes audible and visible a growing movement that promotes body literacy and autonomy, as well as gender equality. [16] May 28 has symbolic meaning: May is the 5th month of the year, and the average length of menstruation is 5 days every month. Also, the menstrual cycle averages 28 days. [7]
New research suggests a compound found in a wide variety of products may send a signal to an area of the brain that triggers the start of puberty.
Knowing the first day of a woman’s last menstrual period is useful in other ways. Dr. Arlene Go, an ob-gyn and specialist fellow studying endometriosis at Hera Biotech, tells Yahoo Life that it ...
Do women still get their periods while in a coma? The question took social media by storm after it was posted by user @CloudxRaven last Monday (December 2), garnering almost 24 million views with ...
Menstruation in synchrony with the moon is widely assumed in myths and traditions as a ritual ideal. [12] [13] The idea that menstruation is—or ideally ought to be—in harmony with wider cosmic rhythms is one of the most tenacious ideas central to the myths and rituals of traditional communities across the world.
How do breasts change with age? First and foremost, it’s important to note that breast changes are “a natural part of the aging process,” Dr. Mindy Goldman , ob-gyn and chief clinical ...