Some girls are afraid of the occurrence of menstruation, while others are waiting for them with impatience. But, sooner or later, the monthly starts at all girls and accompanies their greater half of life. Therefore, every beautiful sex representative should know how its body works and what is menstruation.
What is menstruation?
Menstruation is a complex physiological process that proceeds in the body of girls and women. During this period, the uterus mucous membrane (endometrial) is rejected, which is accompanied by blood discharge from the genital tract. These allocations are much darker of blood flowing according to vessels, sometimes there are bunches in them (blood lumps).
When do the monthly beginnings begin?
The first monthly, which in medicine is called Menarche, appear in girls who have passed puberty. On average, this age is from 12 to 16 years. This process is individual, and depends on many components (heredity, overweight, severe thinness, sexual hyper development). After the first discharge, they may be missing for 1-3 months. Over time, the cycle is settled. On average, this happens in 1-2 years from the first Menarche.
The menstrual cycle and its phases - what happens in the body of a woman?
In medicine, the menstrual cycle is divided into three phases, which depend on the physiological changes occurring in the body of a woman.
- Follicular phase. This is a segment of time when the egg is formed and rustles inside the follicle in the ovaries. Monthly in a woman at the beginning of the follicular phase, under the action of hormones "wake up" to 15 eggs. They grow, and when one dominant one is denoted after 7-10 days, the rest are terminated. The dominant egg is actively developing further.
- Ovulatory phase (ovulation). It is considered the shortest, because it lasts up to 36-48 hours. During this time, the follicle bursts, releasing the egg, which moves into the uterine cavity in the uterine tubes. This phase is considered to be the most favorable for conception, and begins on 10-16 days from the last day of allocations.
- Lutein phase. Lasts about 14 days. The remains of the broken follicle turn into a yellow body followed by regression. In the uterine cavity, if no fertilization occurs, the egg cell is dying, which together with the detached epithelium comes out with the monthly.
How much is the menstruation?
Because every woman is unique, then menstrual cycle in all the neodynaks. On average, it lasts 28-36 days. Of these, 22-34 days are a break between the discharge, and 3-7 days of the menstruation themselves. The frequency of the occurrence of menstruation should be the same, this indicates the normal functioning of the genital organs of a woman. If there are violations in the cycle or monthly delay (come earlier), then the doctor should be examined. Since such instability is the first "bell" of possible gynecological pathologies.
Monthly - Is it hurt?
Girls, who are not yet familiar with menstrual discharge, most often worries the question - whether it hurts when menstruation goes. The selection process itself can be called discomfort, and not painful. Pain may occur at the bottom of the abdomen or in the pelvic area. Pain sensations are often noving or grapple-shaped. Easy condition will help: but-shpa, ibuprofen and other painkillers.
What is the volume of menstruation goes over one cycle?
Many girls are experiencing that there are a lot of blood out of them. This is an erroneous opinion, since in the normal period in women in one period of menstruation, about 80-100 ml is distinguished, and this is somewhere 4 st aphouses.
To dispel your concerns, count yourself. The fully filled gasket of 4-5 drops absorbs about 20 ml of highlights. If this is, you have consistently filled in 2-3 hours for 2 days, then this is a reason to go to the gynecologist for advice.
Hygiene products
The most common hygiene facilities are gaskets and tampons. Second, it is not recommended to use not yet giving birth to girls. As for the pads, this method of hygiene is considered the best, since it does not delay particles of discharge inside the vagina. To date, the market presents a fairly wide selection of hygienic agents. Do not save on them, since it depends on women's health.
Very useful information, every girl should be familiar with. At the same time, my mother is pretty young (41 years old), and her monthly has already ended the climax already wreking, so this can also be .... He says that this is due to heredity. From the drugs, nothing but the cyclima has not yet tried, as the doctor advised himself and drinks. It can and for the better - do not change what works. But from the grass helps himself with the tincture of the mother ... I think everything and helps)