Menstruation: 12 unique facts about menstruation that you should know

Menstruation has many other names, ranging from menstruation, "getting more", "monthly guests", to menstruation, or a number of other strange euphemisms that only serve to confuse and hide the natural process that every woman goes through every month. Understanding menstruation and women's health is important for overall well-being, but many basic facts are still unknown. Below, we will uncover some of the most surprising and interesting facts about menstruation.

1. The average blood loss is less than one glass

Generally, women only lose between a few tablespoons and 1 cup of blood at each cycle - every woman can be different.

The average blood loss per cycle is 30-40 ml, 9 out of 10 women can lose less than 80 ml of blood each time. Heavy periods can lose 60-80 ml of blood or more at each cycle.

2. You are born with a lifetime supply of eggs

Women are born with between one and two million immature eggs (or follicles) in their ovaries. Most of these follicles will die as the female grows, and only about 400 will reach the mature stage.

3. Menstrual blood is not dirty blood

Menstrual blood is not dirty blood, as is widely believed. Menstrual blood is actually no different from bleeding wounds on the knee or nosebleeds. It's just that menstrual blood contains remaining tissue from the uterine wall which shed after ovulation.

4. You will not be attacked by a shark if you swim in the sea during menstruation

This is just a myth. There have never been any documented reports of shark attacks caused by menstruating women. Reporting from Outside Online, the amount of blood produced during menstruation is very small (see point 1) and will be covered by thousands of other components in the water.

Sharks are attracted to the amino acids in your blood. Amino acids, the building blocks of protein, are also present in sweat and urine. Even if you triple the amount of amino acids by sweating, urinating, and from your period while swimming in the ocean, the amount of amino acids you release has relatively little effect once these acids dissolve in water, stresses Chris Lowe, head of California State University., Long Beach's Shark Lab.

Sharks rely on other senses, including sight, sound and electroreception, to track you. One more thing to understand, the chances of sharks attacking humans are based more on feelings of fear and threat, not because they smell your blood or think you are easy prey.

5. Your sex drive will be higher when you're menstruating

Your libido levels can be very high during your period due to decreased estrogen and progesterone hormones. Interested in having sex during menstruation?

6. You can still get pregnant during menstruation

Although the odds are very slim, don't make this an excuse not to use protection during sex.

7. Hormonal IUDs can make periods absent for a full year

Hormonal IUD contraceptives can keep you from having your period at all during the first year of use. However, normal menstrual cycles and fertility will return to normal at the end of the year after one year of removing the IUD.

Contrary to the myth, the IUD does not cause infertility. Some IUD brands cause lighter periods (for some women, no period at all) because of the hormones in these devices, and hormones can last up to 3-10 years, depending on which device you choose. However, once the IUD is removed, your body will begin to regulate itself again and normal fertility will return within the first year.

8. Vicarious menstruation , menstruation from all holes in the body

The woman who has vicarious menstruation have monthly bleeding not only from the uterus, but also from other parts of the body. Many women report bleeding from the nose, arms, lungs, breasts, digestive tract, mouth, bladder, eyes and mouth every month following their menstrual cycle, and it will subside after a few days.

9. The ancient Greeks had a bloodshed ritual inspired by menstruation

They believe menstruation is the body's way of getting rid of diseased blood. Ritual bloodshed - a process very similar to menstruation in women - was prescribed by ancient Greek physicians to cure all ailments, but caused great damage. George Washington is suspected of dying from the loss of a lot of blood, the equivalent of seven cans of soda, which was drained from his body from this ritual.

10. In the past century, girls were prohibited from entering college because of menstruation

People think that menstrual blood will flow to the brain which can permanently damage the woman's reproductive system, which in turn causes her to bear a disabled and sickly child.

11. Menstrual blood is considered a cure

Throughout world history, menstrual blood has been regarded as a powerful antidote for various ailments such as epilepsy, hemorrhoids, goiter, warts, or common headaches.

Reports also claim that in the Middle Ages, menstrual blood was used in exorcism rituals. People believed that the first handkerchief a virgin girl used during her first menstruation could cure disease outbreaks.

12. There is a film

1946, Disney released The Story of Menstruation as topic material for sex education classes. Many claim that this film is the first film to use the word "vagina".

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