Thread by @VinkyDings

Educate your family about Myths regarding menstruation:
1. If u miss periods, u are pregnant.
2. Exercise during periods Increases pain.
3. You shouldn't wash ur hair.
4. Periods implies that u can bear babies now.
5. PMS is unreal.
6. By using tampons u loose virginity.

7. You can't get pregnant while on ur periods.
8. You shouldn't eat pickle/sour and starchy food.
9. You can't perform holy rituals.
10. You should sleep on floor/ separate room/outside house.
#menstruation #MenstrualHygieneDay2022 #tabooo #mythosworld

-Delayed periods can be due to stress, medical conditions like PCOD and hormonal disturbances.
-Exercise helps in reducing pain and better health.
-Wash hair, take a bath. Maintaining hygiene is most important to avoid infections.
-PMS includes headaches, bloating, mood swings.

Periods only mark onset of puberty, but you are not adult enough to bear a child mentally, physically and emotionally. Legal marriage age is still 18years.
-virginity is all together a different concept which is not affected by tampon use.
-U can get pregnant/ STDs during menses

-Eating sour food doesn't determine your blood flow. Eat healthy.
- You are not impure because you have periods. You can perform all holy rituals.
- You don't need to sleep on floor/separate. Periods are not contagious.
#MenstrualHealth #menstruation