How To Maintain Your Menstrual Hygiene
Do you know that Menstrual Hygiene Day is celebrated all over the world on 28th May. Celebrating this day was started in 2014 by a German NGO, Wash United. He wants to make women and girls aware about hygiene during menstruation because even today many women and girls hesitate to talk about menstruation.
Whereas menstruation is a part of every woman’s life and it is a natural normal biological process for women. During menstruation, many mental, physical and hormonal changes occur in women, about which neither they themselves know nor are able to talk to anyone. Due to which they have to face many problems. Even today, women in many countries feel shy to talk about menstruation. Due to which they do not know what kind of hygiene is maintained during menstruation and they suffer from many diseases.
Hygienic Measures
Today in rural areas, women use old clothes during menstruation because they do not know that there is a fear of infection from clothes. During menstruation we should use sanitary pads and one pad should be used only for 5 to 6 hours. There is a risk of infection by using the same pad for a long period, hence pads should be changed every 5 hours. Although one should always take care of one’s cleanliness, one should take more care of cleanliness during menstruation because at this time there is a fear of growth of bacteria due to bleeding as well as foul smell, hence after some time wash the body with water.
Should be washed. Wet pads should not be used for a long time, it can cause irritation in your thighs and private parts, so change the wet pads immediately. Used pads should be wrapped in newspaper and thrown in the dustbin. Never flush sanitary pads. Keep sanitary pads, tissue paper and antiseptic medicines in your bag during menstruation as they may be needed at any time. Some women suffer from problems like stomach ache, headache, nausea, pain in hands and feet, irritability and loss of appetite during menstruation. No matter how uncomfortable women are during menstruation, they do their household and outside work well.
Awareness of Cleanliness
Today’s young generation does not hesitate to talk about menstruation, because many types of advertisements and articles about menstruation have started appearing in television, newspapers and magazines. Due to which many women and girls are becoming aware and now in many schools also girls are being educated about menstruation and how to maintain their hygiene during that period. And information is being given on how to use sanitary pads, for how many hours a sanitary pad can be used, etc.
In many schools, pads are given free of cost and the government also distributes pads to women from different institutions at low prices or for free. Nowadays, many small organizations like Anganwadi, Sewing Center etc. are educating women about menstruation, so that women and girls can talk openly about menstruation and express their problems openly because women were the first to menstruate. She was hesitant to talk about religion and whatever problem she had, she did not tell anyone about it and started treating it herself, due to which she started having problems like infection, burning sensation, stomach ache.
But today women are being made aware that they should wear clean garments during this period and they should wear cotton clothes during menstruation because cotton cloth is soft and does not cause irritation in the legs or private parts. Take full care of your diet during menstruation because during this period many women and girls complain of loss of appetite and do not pay proper attention to their diet. Due to which they suffer from complaints like weakness, dizziness, fatigue and lethargy. But women need nutritious food during this period.
Green vegetables, milk, fruits etc. should be consumed in abundance and you can also do some light exercise and yoga because exercising gives mental and physical strength, or you can go for a walk anytime in the morning or evening. You will be happy and relaxed in the outside environment, rather than keeping yourself imprisoned at home for 5 to 7 days. Women and girls are being made aware about this. If symptoms like excessive bleeding, stomach cramps and foul smell appear during menstruation, then you should consult a doctor.
Tips to maintain menstrual hygiene
To maintain menstrual hygiene, you have to make sure that you change your sanitary pad after 5-6 hours because if you keep a wet pad in place for a long time, you are at risk of infection. Never use cotton cloth instead of pads because using cotton cloth is not good in terms of hygiene. After changing the pad, wash and clean your private parts thoroughly, then use a new pad and then wash your hands thoroughly with warm water and soap, this will avoid the risk of infection.
During menstruation, take a good bath every day and change your pads at night before sleeping so that there will be no risk of bad smell and infection, otherwise dirty pads can cause infection. Never hesitate about your menstruation and take full care of your hygiene because dirt and uncleanliness cause many diseases which can make us sick in future. Therefore, if we ever have a complaint like excessive bleeding, we must seek the help of a doctor. Do not ignore it because it can give rise to some new disease, in such a situation do not be careless at all. When women themselves remain healthy and clean during this period, they will be able to take better care of the entire family and society.
conclusion
If you adopt all the things mentioned above about menstrual hygiene, you will always remain healthy. As we have said that using wet pads and cotton clothes increases the risk of infection in the body. We have to take full care of cleanliness and also take full care of nutritious food because during this period the body becomes very weak and the body’s immunity gets reduced, hence we should consume nutritious food during this period. Don’t be shy about menstruation, talk openly and make other women aware about hygiene. Talk to adolescent girls about menstruation and make them aware about hygiene, so that our future generations will always remain healthy.