Are your periods heavy?
Every woman’s periods are different, and it can be difficult to assess whether or not your bleeding is heavier than it should be. It is obviously something very personal, so it is normal to feel nervous about discussing this topic with the people around you. It is great that you are doing your own research. Every woman experiences their period in a different way and by doing your own research you can really narrow down the information. The easiest way to determine whether your periods are heavier than the norm is to really pay attention to how often you are changing whichever form of protection you are using. For example, if you’re changing your tampon or pad almost hourly, or if you tend to leak throughout your period,
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This would be a discussion to have with your doctor about whether or not the growths you have (if any) are dangerous to your health. If your heavy periods have brought you to the point of not being able to live a normal life, and fibroids or polyps are the proven cause for you, then surgery may be an option. Once you and your doctor have decided together to remove the growths, your doctor can choose to remove the fibroids through your vagina or through your abdominal cavity. They can determine this as they see fit. The procedure to have them removed is called a myomectomy. There are 3 different ways for your doctor to perform this:
• Abdominal myomectomy recovery typically takes four to six weeks,
• Laparoscopic or robotic myomectomy recovery typically takes two to three weeks, or
• Hysteroscopic myomectomy recovery typically takes less than a week.
The womb is not removed during any of these procedures, so if you are interested, you will usually still be able to get pregnant. Maintain a dialogue with your doctor at all times if you have concerns. All of these procedures are minimally invasive and have great success
Tampons, pads and other feminine hygiene products are a necessity for women. These products help control a woman's monthly visitor count. These products prices range from $2.69 to $18.99. For a woman, on average, her period will last about a week. If she chooses to change her pad or tampon, every eight hours for seven days, she uses about twenty-one pads or tampons.
In my opinion this method is only good for men that do not want to be the biological father of any children in the future. Men who are sensative to surgery should think hard before they proceed with this.
My Sustainability Assessment will address the effects of the using Tampons ecologically, socially, and economically. According to the new book Flow: The Cultural History of Menstruation, an average woman will dispose of 250 to 300 pounds of tampons in 38 years. (Kim & Stein, 2009) Tampons are undeniably important in a female's life. It is affordable and convenient to use. Tampons are also readily available in every groceries and convenient store. I am relatively new in using tampons, as I usually use menstrual pads. However, most of my friends use them because they can carry them discretely. They can also move freely without worrying about the blood leakage. Although, the question is: What's wrong with Tampons? Most of the tampons end up in landfills which takes a long time to decompose. (Bridle & Kirkpatrick, 2004, p. 24) These will hugely impact the environment, as well as the people around them. Regular tampons contain chemicals that can harm the sensitive
To decrease the risk of ovarian cancer frequently an oophorectomy is done at the same time the hysterectomy is performed. When a hysterectomy and oophorectomy are done together, it may be referred to as surgical menopause. Hysterectomy is often performed to remove cancers of the uterine cervix or endometrium. Hysterectomies are often performed as a last resort to treating endometriosis and uterine fibroid tumors and menorrhagia, as well as several forms of vaginal uterine prolapse (Moorman,
Everyone everywhere has experienced stress with something they have dealt with in life. Whether it is school, paying bills, managing a busy schedule or work, stress affects everyone. Although everyone experiences stress, many people don’t actually know what stress is. Stress is the physical response of the body to harmful situations that threaten someone’s well being. When someone says “stress”, the word is automatically associated with a negative effect on people but small doses of stress can benefit a person, if used to correctly. Everyone’s stress level is different and the amount of stress that can be handled varies from person to person but a stress overload will not benefit anyone. “When you feel threatened, a chemical reaction occurs in your body to allow you to act in a way to prevent injury” (“Stress Management Health Center”). The chemical that is released when stressed is known as cortisol, also known a stress hormone. “Cortisol is like a long-term form of adrenaline, produced in the adrenal gland when the body is under pressure” (“The Effects of Stress on Your Reproductive Health and Fertility”). Adrenaline is also released to send the body into, what is known as, emergency action (“Stress Symptoms, Signs and Causes”). This emergency action speeds up reactions preformed by the body and the mind. This is a way of protecting the body. While in emergency action, this stress caused by threatening situations can save your life. In emergency situations, you are given “extra strength to defend yourself, for example, or spurring you to slam on your brakes to avoid a car accident” (“Stress Management Health Center”). Signs of being in this emergency action are a racing heart, blood pressure rises, quickening of breath and tigh...
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At the start of the semester, my oblivious state of nature associating with the Chinese culture reached an unacceptable level. Implementing a necessary change, I decided to educate myself on different cultures starting with China. I failed to ponder that such a rich, deep culture existed outside America. Encompassed by this country’s unique yet suffocating melting pot culture, my outlook believed ideas such as uniformity between American Chinese food and Authentic Chinese food. After this course, my bigot perspective widened as I witnessed diversity in the world. Before this class, when I thought of Chinese food, my connotation jumped to thoughts associated with chop suey, but as I progressed my education, my mindset gradually pondered foods like steamed buns or “New Year Cakes” with authentic Chinese food.
Modern life is full of hassle, stress and frustrations. Stress is so common that is has become a way of life of many people. Stress isn’t always negative. In small measures, it can help you cope well under pressure and encourage you to do your best. Stress has known to be a common factor for students these days due to work overload. Stress can cause some lifestyle problems, for example, headaches, loss of appetite, heart attacks, obesity, aging, depression, nervous breakdown and loss of focus. There are many ways in which stress could be overcome, such as yoga and meditation. Studies have found that stress has both positive and negative effect on everyone. Even though meditation is conventional, people still practice it in hopes of stave off stress. Meditations have been used for centuries by everyone as one of the cures to help reduce stress in their daily life.
Jean Luc Godard’s Breathless is often regarded one of the earliest films exhibiting the French New Wave style of cinema due to its influence on the movement and innovation by the producers. One of the most noticeable edits that Godard does in Breathless is the jump-cuts made frequently during conversations, and other times when one would expect continuity, in order to break up the flow of story to the audience and force them to actively participate on understanding the progression of events. This is quite contrary to the typical Hollywood style of film editing as transitions between shots are usually smoothed over as much as possible so that the audience focuses solely on the plot events transpiring on the screen rather than the editing
Armand, Lione, Kapecki, Jon. 1975. ¡§Testing Tampons in Rochester: just what can you Rely on?¡¨ Jul23-Aug5. Rochester Patriot. Vol.3, No.14
Imagine if it were you: missing school or work since you cannot afford the products you need. Imagine if it were you: forced to leave your home as it is "that time of the month". Imagine if it were you: shunned by family and friends; made to feel like less of a person simply because of a natural bodily function. This is life for millions of women around the world and it needs to change. Women are historically encouraged to hide their periods. Even today, in "modern" society, menstruation is still highly stigmatized. This stigmatization leads to serious problems with health, social situations, personal development, society, and even endangers women's lives.
Award-Winning author Laura Hillenbrand writes of the invigorating survival story of Louie Zamperini in her best selling book, Unbroken. Louie Zamperini was an ambitious, record-breaking Olympic runner when he was drafted into the American army as an airman during World War II. On the mission that led him to embark on a journey of dire straits, Louie’s plain crashed into the Pacific Ocean, leaving only him and two other crewmen as survivors. Stranded on a raft in shark infested waters, without any resources or food, and drifting toward enemy Japanese territory, the men now have to face their ultimate capture by Japanese, if they survive that long. Louie responded to his desperation with dexterity, undergoing his plight with optimism and confidence, rather than losing hope. In this memorable novel, Hillenbrand uses a vivid narrative voice to divulge Louie’s tale of endurance, and proves that the resilience of the human mind can triumph through adversity.
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Your period is so heavy that you have to change pads or tampons every 30 minutes.
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