After being vaccinated against the covid, these are the changes in menstruation that a large number of women noticed: having two or three periods in a row. Excessive period lengthening. There is more blood. Or the flow does not stop during the entire cycle. Spotting in underwear startled women who were already in menopause. Pain. Or, if you’re already in agony, more of it. Some people with more irregular cycles are unaware of it until acquaintances or coworkers bring it to their attention. “The first thing I have to mention is that yes, there are many changes in the cycle, but not just after immunisation, but also after passing the covid,” says Raquel Gascón, gynaecologist at Can Misses Hospital in Ibiza.
“It is believed that 25% of women experience them after becoming infected with coronavirus,” the doctor continues, emphasising that these are “temporary” changes. In almost all cases – “99%” she claims – the cycle returns to normal after one or two months. She estimates a maximum of three. In fact, he advises that if these anomalous conditions persist in any of the women for more than four months, they should consult a doctor.
According to several family doctors in the Health Area of Ibiza and Formentera, several women have gone to their offices in recent months concerned about changes in their periods. They explain that this has corresponded with the extensive distribution of coronavirus vaccines to young women of reproductive age. The main reason women visit health centres is because they have their periods numerous times in a row in a short period of time. They are most concerned about this, as well as the fact that the bleeding time is increasing. Furthermore, they point out that most young women are quite fast to notice this type of disarray because practically all of them track their periods on their cell phones or smart watches. These doctors point out that people who have had extremely regular periods up until now are the ones who are most concerned.
Neither the kind of covid vaccine nor the brand are related
According to the Can Misses expert, these variations are unrelated to the type or brand of vaccine used. Women who have gotten messenger RNA doses (Pfizer or Moderna) as well as those who have been injected with a standard vaccine suffer from temporal problems (AstraZeneca or Janssen). “It happens to everyone,” she admits.
The gynaecologist says that, while these changes have been seen, their cause is unclear. In this regard, she ensures that recent research indicates that these changes in the period are motivated more by the body’s own “immunological reaction” than by the vaccine itself. This notion is backed by the discovery that the changes detected in women after immunisation are the same as those seen in adolescents after receiving the human papillomavirus vaccine. Patients receiving cervical surgery are also included. This statement by Gascón will sound familiar to women who, when blaspheming in Aramaic because they were ill and were astonished by an untimely menstruation, heard their grandmothers promise them, with satisfaction, that the period carries the disease.
For the full article, please visit Diario de Ibiza website here.