Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon for females indicating her capability for procreation and abnormalities of menstruation are a major gynaecological problem in adolescence. However, variability in menstrual cycle characteristics and menstrual disorders are common. The objectives of the study were to find out the age of menarche among the Adolescent girls of the urban slum, to st...

Background: Menstruation is a normal physiological process that begins during adolescence and many a times associated with various symptoms that occurs either before or during the menstrual flow. Many of the adolescent girls experience some problems associated with menstruation, which might indirectly have an impact in their academic excellence, sports activities and their selfesteem. Aim: To s...

Menstrual patterns differ even in nongenital tuberculosis. Our objective is to determine whether nongenital tuberculosis makes menstrual dysfunction, before and sustain after treatment. Menstrual patterns were compared in women with pulmonary or extrapulmonary but nongenital tuberculosis with healthy nursing students and also with themselves, before and after treatment in a retrospective cohort...

Women's employment in Japan has increased substantially in recent decades, however little large scale research has been done on the impact of various types of working conditions on women's health. The aim of this study was to assess the menstrual cycle and menstrual pain problems of female workers and to investigate the factors that relate to them. The questionnaire was distributed to 8,150 wom...

Menstrual cups have been reported to be an acceptable substitute for tampons. These flexible cups have also been reported to provide a sustainable solution to menstrual management, with modest cost savings and no significant health risk. The present article documents the first case of toxic shock syndrome associated with the use of a menstrual cup in a woman 37 years of age, using a menstrual c...

This paper concerns the analysis of menstrual data; in particular, methodology to identify variables that contribute to the variability of menstrual cycles both within and between women. The basis for the proposed methodology is a parameterization of the mean length of a menstrual cycle conditional upon the past cycles and covariates. This approach accommodates the length-bias and censoring com...

The present study investigates: (i) differences in menstrual characteristics of athlete and non-athlete adolescents; (ii) relationship between menstrual characteristics, anthropometric variables, athletic status and socioeconomic status. The present study was conducted among 159 unmarried adolescents (80 non-athletes and 79 athletes) of age 15 to 19 years. The study participants belong to Benga...

Citing major medical conditions that afflict female athletes — notably disordered eating, impaired bone mineral health, and menstrual cycle disruption — Harber suggests that the menstrual cycle is badly in need of investigation. She then proceeds to provide the latest scientific information and analysis of the normal menstrual cycle, common menstrual disturbances, prevalence rate, issues of con...

Amaç: Bu çalışmada menstrual siklusun sağlıklı pulpa duyarlılığına etkisi araştırıldı. Objective: In this study, effect of menstrual cycle on healthy pulp sensitivity was investigated. Materials and methods: Pulpal sensitivity was assessed with electric pulp tester (EPT). The study was performed on 13 dental students without dysmenorrhea (49 teeth). Recordings were taken on four phases of the c...