Introduction
The average woman uses about 10,000 sanitary
products during her lifetime. Researchers and women are giving serious consideration
to their menstrual management method.
Tampons: tampons, which have been around since the 1930s, are the most popular
choice of women who are younger than 41. According to a study, women often
choose tampons are also offered in various sizes and levels of absorbency. It is
recommended that women change tampons at least every four to eight hours, using
the least absorbent type to manage menstrual flow.
Using tampons are not recommended in between periods,
there is some evidence that women who use tampons may have an increased risk of
urinary tract infections. Superabsorbent tampons one the crucial cause of outbreak
of toxin syndrome in 1980s, and still effecting women's health globally.
What is toxic shock
syndrome?
Toxic shock syndrome is a sudden, potentially fatal
condition. It caused by the release of poisonous substances from an overgrowth
of bacteria called staphylococcus
aureus, or staph, which is found in many women’s bodies.
Toxic Shock Syndrome affects menstruating women, especially those who use super-absorbent
tampons. The body responds with a sharp drop in blood pressure that deprives
organs and can lead to death.
Currently several women are suffering from toxic syndromes though the outbreak of
toxic shock syndrome made headlines in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
However, there is no denying that the disease has also been linked to the use of
menstrual sponges, diaphragms, cervical caps.
More than a third of all cases of toxic shock
involve women under 19, and up to 30% of women who have lived the disease would
get it again.
People who die from toxic shock are killed
by the body’s response to the poisons released by staphylococcus bacteria. Most
people suffer hypotensive shock, in which the heart and lungs stop working.
Symptoms while menstruating and have high fever with vomiting, especially when a
woman have been using tampons, menstrual sponge or cervical cap.
Interesting fact about staphylococcus
Staphylococcus
aureus is normally and harmlessly present in the Vagina.
How Staphylococcus
aureus causes toxic shock syndrome is not understood. But two condition are
necessary:
1-
The bacteria need an environment
in which they can grow rapidly and release poisons. Then the poisons must get
into the bloodstream.
2-
A tampon saturated with
blood is supportive place for rapid growth of bacteria. It also seems to matter
what the tampons is mode of polyester foam provides a better environment for
the growth of bacteria that either cotton or rayon fibre.
Shocking fact about women in menstruation
In India, some women use soil and ash to soak up
periods. In some rural areas in India, some women don’t have the money to buy
themselves sanitary pads or even clean piece of cloth to soak up their periods.
Because of not getting sanitary pad women get severe vaginal and urinal
infections and, in some cases, they even die.
Social Stigmas against women-Women are considered impure when they are in periods
In most cases they could not get proper treatment because menstruating women
considered impure in religious and patriarchal mentality. They are not allowed to talk
about periods in public at various places across the globe and problem related to periods in some parts of the world- especially in India, and Asian countries. They are not allowed to enter in
the kitchen or for cooking, touching vegetables, or even hugging their
children. Going to a temple or religious place is also forbidden for a woman.
What Indian government has done for combating this problem?
Indian Government has shown serious concern and took various
important steps. Government exempted sanitary napkin from GST which a new indirect tax, distributed low
cost sanitary napkin especially in rural and in slums area.
Government of India
has approved several schemes to menstrual hygiene, distributed sanitary napkin
in schools for adolescent girls in rural areas. There are many medical centers
are executed across the country for frequent periods related check-ups. However,
there is a long way to go government should address deep rooted problem to
improve such women related problem.
Conclusion
Around
the world women faces serious health issue related to menstruating. Every woman
and every girl should be aware about the negative and positive factors about
the product they are using in their period time. Women can use cotton sanitary
napkin rather than using tampons. Educating adolescent girl about the hygiene and
menstruating management is must, and cultural stigmas should be addressed to tackle issues.
