In A Disturbing New Trend, Women Are Using Vacuums To Suck Out Period Blood & End Chums Quickly
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 Ladies Please stop using your vacuum hose to end your period early Youre 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.
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!
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. Just... STOP! ??
¡ª Twinny ?? (@OdesseyT99) 5 June 2019
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.
¡ª Hudston (@GHudston) 6 June 2019
"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.
It does for about an hour or so, but your body will go into shock. Your period has a steady flow of it's own. Increase that flow 1000 times with your vacuum and your body can't take it.
¡ª Twinny ?? (@OdesseyT99) 6 June 2019
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.
That was my thought. This concept-gone-wrong may be based on a practice called ¡°Menstrual Extraction¡±, ostensibly done pre-Roe for ¡°menstrual regulation¡±, but actually done as an early home vacuum aspiration abortion. But you¡¯re not supposed to use a vacuum cleaner!!!
¡ª Donnica Moore (@DrDonnica) 6 June 2019
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.
This is one of many things that scares me about restrictive abortion laws. Women are already turning to dangerous means of DIY uterine ¡°extractions¡±. Some of them will suffer irreparable harm as a result. #womenshealth #ReproductiveRights
¡ª Donnica Moore (@DrDonnica) 6 June 2019
"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.
