Podcasts by SANGYAN for Public Health Education and FAQs

1. Hygiene-related practices of women and adolescent girls during menstruation are of vital importance 2. Poor menstrual hygiene is one of the major reasons for the reproductive Tract Infections. 3. Increase in Reproductive Tract Infections can lead to an increase in female mortality. 4. Proper hygienic management of menstrual cycle helps in overcoming any embarrassment. 5. Proper hygiene practices along with sufficient protection to absorb the blood can help women to continue with her regular routine activities. 6. Proper menstrual hygiene management enables women to remain healthy. 7. To remain comfortable, fresh and confident all day indulge in proper menstrual hygiene management.

1. Place a hot water bottle on the abdomen or on the back, depending on the cramps' location. 2. Take a warm bath to feel better from the menstrual cramps. 3. Drink a hot beverage, such as tea/green tea to feel better from the pain. 4. Go for walk in park for some fresh air. 5. Rub or massage the abdomen to get some relief from the menstrual cramps. 6. Get on your elbows and knees so that the uterus is hanging down, which helps it to relax and relieve muscle cramps. 7. Lie on your back with knees up and move them in small circles to lessen the pain of menstrual cramps.

1. You may experience general weakness and the might body feel heavy. 2. Girls can experience Dizziness, nausea, cramps/lower abdominal pain which is totally normal. 3. Headache, enlarged and painful breasts, fever can be experienced by few women during/ onset of menstruation. 4. Backache, irritability, depression, tiredness, pimples are normal during menstruation.

1. Eat foods such as vegetables, cereals, pulses & fruits, & drink plenty of water to avoid constipation, as it can lead to increased pain from menstrual cramps. 2. Sometimes girls may experience physical or emotional changes around the time of her period, while others may not feel any change in moods or body. 3. "Physical changes include: cramps, pain, bloating, weight gain, food cravings, painful breasts, headache, dizziness or irritability. " 4. Emotional changes include: short temper, aggression, anger, anxiety or panic, confusion, lack of concentration, nervousness, tension, fatigue or depression. 5. There is no impurity in the blood associated with menstruation. 6. Sanitary napkins, Clean and dry cotton cloth can be made into a pad for absorbing menstrual blood. 7. Periods in the first few months of menstruation may not be regular. After that it will become normal. 8. Menstruation is not Sickness, illness, disease, infection, harmful, dirty, shameful, unclean or otherwise 'negative'. 9. If you are at school and your menstruation starts, you should ask a friend or a teacher for help. 10. Always carry a sanitary pad in your bag so that you are prepared when your periods start. 11. Continue your normal work routine even during the time of menstruation.

1. Menstruation is a normal biological process. 2. Menstruation is a part of growing up. 3. All women of reproductive age experience and manage menstruation. 4. Girls and women should go easy about their normal lives while menstrual period. 5. Girls begin to menstruate anytime between nine and fourteen years. 6. It is the regular discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina. 7. Menstruation is bleeding from the vagina that happens once a month. It is also known as having a period. 8. There is nothing unclean or shameful about the process. 9. Menstrual flow and duration can vary from person to person. It can last for 2 to 7 days. 10. Menstruation happens when an egg is not fertilized &/or attached itself to the uterine wall. 11. The lining is shed which had grown to receive a fertilized egg. 12. It is also called 'menses', 'menstrual period', 'monthly bleeding' and 'period'.

1. Puberty is the time when female body begins to change from a child's body into an adult girl's body. 2. In girls, puberty usually starts between the ages of 9 and 14 years. 3. Physical and emotional changes of puberty begins due to hormonal changes. 4. During Puberty there are changes in breast size, body hair, body shape and size. 5. During Puberty you may experience sudden mood changes due to increasing amount of hormones in the body.

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