MENSTRUAL HYGIENE
Having your period can seem messy. But this is a healthy time for a woman’s body because the uterus is shedding its unused lining. Most women use sanitary pads or tampons to soak up the flow.
Pads and tampons hold the flow inside an absorbent material such as cotton until you can throw them away. Pads stay in place by sticking inside the underwear. A tampon fits inside the vagina. The walls of the vagina hold it in place. Each tampon has a string that hangs outside of the vagina. The tampon is removed easily by pulling the string.
Tampons or pads and regular bathing are all a woman or girl needs to stay clean during her period. Deodorant tampons and pads are not necessary for good sexual hygiene. The chemicals may be irritating to some women.
Tampons should be changed four or five times a day to reduce the possibility of an infection from bacteria growing on the tampon. This type of infection is called toxic shock syndrome. It is rare, but very dangerous. This is also the reason that women should not have intercourse with the tampon in place. If it is pushed far into the vagina and forgotten, bacteria will multiply.
It is possible to have vaginal intercourse during menstruation, but diaphragms or cervical caps should not be used. Infections can develop if the flow is blocked and held in the vagina for extended lengths of time. Women who are practicing periodic abstinence for contraception should not have unprotected vaginal intercourse during menstruation—the days of menstruation are “unsafe days”.
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