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Menstruation. Non-violent bleeding. Howso?
Hormones responsible| Phases| Maintaining proper health and hygiene| The girl and Social attention.
How true it is for every girl child to first become a doctor at the onset of puberty; getting familiar with the feminine jargons of puberty hence menstruation.
Menstruation/ Period is the natural cycle of blood flow through the vagina, owing to the shedding of the uterine walls due to an unfertilized ovary. It occurs throughout a woman’s reproductive life, from puberty (menarche) to terminate at menopause; except during pregnancy. It is vaginal bleeding caused when an egg released is not fertilized by a sperm, so it breaks open and pours out.
During such a cycle, the body requires stimulatory effects from certain hormones to perform functions and these hormones are:
Their functions are explained in their phases.
The menstrual phases are named after their hormones; the first phase which marks the beginning of the blood flow.
of good riddance at 51. It ends with an increase in luteinizing hormonal surges which releases an egg for ovulation; the next phase.
Its other functions are to thicken the endometrium in provision for the embryo, thickens the mucus in the cervix to reduce the risks of sperm or bacteria entering the uterus, etc. Estrogen is increased alongside progesterone levels, causing the breasts to swell and become tender, and if the egg is not fertilized, the Corpus Luteum degenerates after 14 days, estrogen and progesterone levels are decreased; a new cycle begins.
Another hormone present in this phase is the Gonadotropin which acts only when an embryo is planted. It maintains the production of progesterone until the fetus can produce its own hormones. Pregnancy tests are simply medical expectations and comparisons on an increase in the human chronic gonadotropin level.
Periods are undoubtedly natural, but amidst those natural and routinely instincts that come with such expectation, there is need to maintain proper health and diet which controls effects as fatigues, irritability, irregular hunger periods, headaches, pain, etc. These can be managed in two ways:
There is a need to educate the society on the girl child nature and social presence and to end the stigma such presence attracts in some cultures. It should be called by its very name “menstruation” which is not in any way offensive and not trying to euphemize it with homographs as “period and flow” period.
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