Myths surrounding menstruation

Last Updated on Sunday, 1 August 2010 08:07 Written by putra Tuesday, 27 July 2010 01:52

Drinking soda when coming months believed to facilitate women’s menstruation. That is one of the most widely believed myth that women. What more myths about menstruation?

Menstruation is a cycle that happens every month on the eve before the menopause. As quoted from the book series Kesproholic 2: Myths about sexual and reproductive health issues, there are several myths surrounding menstruation that is not true, ie:

1. Carbonated drinks can accelerate the completion of menstruation.
Menstruation is a process entirely lining of the uterus as a result of the absence of fertilization. Current illness or whether or not this process is influenced by hormones in addition also influenced by psychological factors. There is therefore no relationship between soft drinks with menstrual faster.

Menstrual pain is also caused by uterine position. When the position of the uterus causes the cervix (exit channel for menstrual blood), wedged, it will cause pain. Certain drugs can prolong or shorten the duration of days of menstruation.

2. Do not drink ice water during menstruation.
Cold water does not have any effects during menstruation. During felt no pain or abdominal bloating, then the drinking of ice water is fine.

3. Wear pads during menstruation can cause infertility.
The medical bandage is a tool that helps a person to keep them clean and not damp during menstruation. Basically, all dressings were healthy, but there are also some women who have an allergy or iritas. This is because the sensitivity of the genital organs of every person is different. Because it is suggested that any change menstrual pads as often as possible (ideally every 4 hours).

4. Not allowed to swim during menstruation.
As long as women wear pads and did not feel uncomfortable, then swim during menstruation done okay. This will not affect health. But if the stomach was cramping, you should refrain from swimming activity.

5. Women’s menstrual teenager who can not get pregnant yet.
This is very powerful myth embedded in society, even though this statement is not true. Pregnancy is associated with ovulation (the mature egg cells). Some teenagers may be menstruating before ovulation, the same as the body to adapt to hormone levels. But there are several other teenagers who ovulate before menstruating. So could have been pregnant before getting the first menstrual period.

If the menstrual cycle had been going on, ie when entering the age of the adolescent Baligh prepared egg each cycle. But because it is still in the process early, often egg maturation has not happened completely, causing menstrual irregularities. Occurrence of menstruation could mean the egg was produced (ovulatoar) or it could be without the egg (anovulatoar).

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