In A Disturbing New Trend, Women Are Using Vacuums To Suck Out Period Blood & End Chums Quickly

Periods are extremely distressing for women across the world. From using hot water bottles to popping pain killers, the days go by dealing with intense pain while also going about regular business.

May be someone got tired of the regular old ways to deal with period cramps, enough to make way for a disconcerting new trend that has left people utterly shocked.

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?A recent tweet by a woman claiming to be a nurse talks about distressing case where two women used a common household appliance to stymie their period flow.?

The appliance? a freaking VACUUM CLEANER!?

Multiple people who came across this tweet were left in absolute horror, with many wondering how such a thing could even cross someone's mind.

"Ladies...please stop using your vacuum hose to end your period early. You're gonna wind up sucking out a lot more than blood! There were 2 cases of this so far this week and both women had to be admitted," the?tweet?read.

“I don’t know if it was Eureka, Dyson, Hoover or some Walmart brand, but yes an actual vacuum cleaner,” she added. She followed up with a tweet about the dangers of using a vacuum to suck out blood.?

The tweet soon started a conversation regarding the risks involved in the weird vacuuming method of ending periods.?

To add perspective to this trend, a Gynecologist weighed in saying this could have something to with at-home abortions.?

Gynecologist Dr. Donnica Moore noted the vacuum cleaner idea could have been an extension of the 'menstrual extraction' method intended for women who were unable to access legal abortions in the 1970s.?

The contraption made back then would pump the contents of your uterus straight of method. This method was shown in the popular Kate Winslet, Leonardo Di Caprio movie, the Revolutionary Road.?

In the '50s women when abortions were considered legal mostly women turned to more desperate alternatives. Winslet in her role as April performs a DIY abortion which leads to devastating consequences.

A menstrual extraction involves using a syringe to suction the uterine lining and blood out of a woman's body.

In 1971, women's rights activist Evelyn Lorraine Rothman created at-home kits based on the technique, called Del-Em Kits. The kit was aimed to help women end their periods early.?The Del-Em was made up of a cannula (a thin tube), with a syringe connected to a container with two tubes and worked by creating a ‘vacuum’.

Nevertheless, this technique is extremely dangerous, forcing the blood out of the body unnatural and will have unnatural repercussions.?

"You're introducing something into the uterus," Dr. Moore said. "Things are supposed to go out, not come in. Anytime that happens, we worry about infection."

Obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Shazia Malik told The Sun how women who do this to themselves run the risk of ‘vaginal laceration, damage to the cervix and life-threatening infection from the germs on the hose’.

Women suffering from painful periods should always consult doctors and never attempt such senseless stunts.?