Menstruation: Problems faced by women in their daily life

Women face many problems in their daily life, which are external and internal. In this article, we go through menstruation and its solutions as well.

Menstruation:

Every month an egg is released from the ovary, awaiting fertilization.

If it doesn’t fertilize, the lining in the uterus or womb comes. 

Blood that comes out from a girl’s vagina is menstruation(Period). 

Usually, the menstrual cycle continues for 3-5 days.

A period is a cycle that happens every 25-35 days, referred to as Menstrual Cycle.

Menstrual Cycle is a normal process that every girl experiences in her life. 

It starts at the age between 11-14 years.

She attains menopause between 44- 51.

Menstrual Health:

Menstrual Health is a state where the brain and body work in coordination during menstruation.

Menstruation: Problem faced by women in their daily life

1. Physical or Biological Problem
2. Psychological Problem
3. Financial Problem
4. Social Problem

Physical or Biological Problem:

Menstruation is natural and healthy.

Besides this, women also go through mood swings, headaches, or migraines.

Although, sometimes irregular periods, heavy flow, menstrual cramps, and severe stomach or back pain creates a problem.

These symptoms differ from person to person.

IRREGULAR PERIODS:

If the duration of the period is shorter or longer than the average cycle of 25-35 days, then the period is irregular.

When the menstrual cycle doesn’t appear till 90 days, Amenorrhea occurs. Conceiving, breastfeeding, and stress are some of the reasons.

PAIN:

Almost every woman experiences menstrual pain once in their lifespan. But, if it goes beyond the limit, one should go to the doctor.

Dysmenorrhea is a disease caused by severe period pain.

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HEAVY BLEEDING:

When one changes sanitary pads often, every one or two hours indicates heavy bleeding.

PREMENOPAUSE:

Premenopause is when the menstrual cycle comes close to an end (around her 40s), but sometimes it starts in her 30s.

Their symptoms are:

• Complications or their symptoms are:
• irregular period,
• moodiness,
• sleeping disorder,
• tiredness,
• leakage of urine during coughing or sneezing,
• sweating, etc.

When women experience no period in 12 months, it indicates menopause.

Psychological Problem:

Sure, menstruation is a physical problem. However, without mental strength, no person can remain physically fit.

In India, the period is still taboo. Many people don’t want to talk about it.

As a consequence, girls can’t express their feeling openly.

She keeps enduring all the problems to related to menstruation. It develops into a mental problem that may become fatal in the future.

She faces acute hormonal variation during the menstrual cycle leading to more mood swings or depression.

The emotional imbalance women are undergoing Premenstrual syndrome.

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is the emotional imbalance one undergoes.

Its symptoms appear one or two weeks before the period.

She faces acute hormonal variation during the menstrual cycle. That leads to more mood swings, anxiety, or sometimes depression.

Women can consult a doctor if required as its treatment is possible.

When symptoms of PMS turn more severe, the disease caused is Premenstrual Dysphoric Syndrome.

Financial Problem:

Even today, not everyone affords sanitary pads. They use old clothes (reused after washing) as a substitute for sanitary napkins.

Sometimes, they compel to use cheap napkins that contain plastic, which turns out, a disastrous health issue.

Most parents, teachers, and students face insufficient awareness of sexual reproductive well-being and menstrual hygiene.

As a result, it may hamper their right to education and financial freedom.

There is a new term coined Period Poverty.

Therefore, Period Poverty is the inadequate benefit of hygienic period products and their related management.

Social Problem of Menstruation:

When girls start menstruating, she experiences so many physical changes that also affect their mind.
She feels a sudden change in the attitude of the people toward her.

Due to a lack of awareness, an orthodox mindset, and discrimination, menstruation is still taboo in our society. People treat it as a social stigma.

In House:

• In India, women cannot enter the kitchen or be allowed to do any rituals, cannot go to temples, or touch the deity.
• The Girl has to maintain distance from plants during their period.
• Women are considered a symbol of impurity until menstruation. She has to live in isolation.

However, early marriages are prevalent. Some communities still believe that menstruation is a sign of marriage for girls.

In schools:

Mainly in remote areas, the girl dropout rate is high as many schools –

• don’t have separate toilets for girls,
• don’t have the facility of water and waste management,
• no access to sanitary napkins in schools in need.

Girls tend to miss school every month during menstruation.

In-Office:

• She kept away from fieldwork.
• She has to face the challenges of gender inequality.

Why is Menstrual Health important for a female?

There exists an unseen boundary for women during their menstruation in society.

Consequently, a girl has to endure everything as there is no one she can talk to about her problem.

Many health risks develop in women because of poor menstrual hygiene.

They are as follows –
Urinary Tract Infection.
Reproductive Tract Infection.
Cervical Cancer.
Toxic Shock Syndrome.

How to maintain menstrual hygiene?

• Change the pads frequently, do not keep them for a longer duration.
• Dump sanitary napkins safely.
• Do not use pads that contain chemicals.
• Keep the vagina clean.
• Go to the doctor if you find any complications regarding the menstrual cycle.

Current priority:

Why take it only as a topic of biology?

Menstruation is a social concern rather than a social stigma. Its meaning is much larger than what we think.

It is a concept of behavior. Girls must have to teach about menstrual hygiene at schools. Parent guidance and counseling are the need of the hour.

It is not a thing of embarrassment. Women need to talk about their period, as it is a matter of their body and physical and emotional well-being.

Scotland became the first country in the world to make period products free of charge. So now every woman has access to sanitary napkins, etc. In other words, they go one step closer to menstrual hygiene.

India also needs this type of policy.

Thank You.