Women Experienced Menstrual Changes After Getting Vaccinated Against COVID-19 : Study

Far-reaching effects of Covid-19 and vaccination against the virus are still coming to light. From rare blood clots to harmless pain at the injection site, scientists are learning about the effects of Covid-19 vaccines as they learn more about the virus itself.

A new study highlights how Covid-19 vaccines have affected the menstruation cycle among women. According to a study published on Thursday, the length of women's periods went up by at least one day after they were inoculated against Covid-19.

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Vaccines cause delayed and longer periods

When vaccines were heavily rolled out in the first half of 2021, many women reported seeing changes in their menstrual cycle after getting vaccinated. This study gives weight to those individual claims about late periods, heavier bleeding, and painful bleeding.

This delay in the beginning and end of menstrual cycles in women returned to normal after a few months post-vaccination. Researchers added that women who received both vaccine doses during the same menstrual cycle experienced more pronounced delays.

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Published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, the study is the first-of-its-kind to link Covid-19 vaccines with menstrual cycle of women.

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Dr. Hugh Taylor from the Yale School of Medicine highlighted how this doesn't mean vaccines impact fertility or sexual health. "I want to make sure we dissuade people from those untrue myths out there about fertility effects," Taylor said. “A cycle or two where periods are thrown off may be annoying, but it’s not going to be harmful in a medical way," he told NYT.

The study took into account only Americans, who have received mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna. In India, AstraZeneca's (Covishield) viral vector vaccine and Bharat Biotech's whole-virion inactivated vero cell vaccine called Covaxin have been widely used since the pandemic began.

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If you've experienced a delay in your periods, it's normal and harmless. But Dr. Taylor has urged post-menopausal women who experience bleeding after vaccination to get evaluated by a medical professional.

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Data for the study was provided by Natural Cycles that runs an app to track fertility.? Did you also experience similar effects? Let us know in the comments below.?For more in the world of?technology?and?science, keep reading?Indiatimes.com.??

References

Rabin, R. C. (2022, January 6). Women’s Periods May Be Late After Coronavirus Vaccination, Study Suggests. The New York Times.?

McPhillips, D. C. (2022, January 7). Study links Covid-19 vaccination to small increase in menstrual cycle length, but experts say it’s no cause for concern. CNN.?