Menstral changes after Covid vaccines may be more common than previously known

[womanofthehills]

From NBC news:

“Menstrual changes after Covid vaccines may be far more common than previously known
A study found that 42% of people with regular menstrual cycles said they bled more heavily than usual after their Covid vaccination.

When adults gained access to Covid vaccines last year, most knew to expect headaches, fatigue and soreness as side effects.

But some researchers think it’s time to add another common one to the list: temporary menstrual changes.

An analysis published Friday in the journal Science Advances found that 42% of people with regular menstrual cycles said they bled more heavily than usual after vaccination. Meanwhile, 44% reported no change and around 14% reported a lighter period. Among nonmenstruating people — those post-menopause or who use certain long-term contraceptives, for example — the study suggests many experienced breakthrough or unexpected bleeding after their Covid shots.”



https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/menstruation-changes-covid-vaccines-rcna38348

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. Alternative headline: Doctors finally decide to survey people who menstruate.

[Tree-Hugger]

12. This

There are TONS of things that can influence a menstrual cycle, but it's a subject that's hardly ever given a second look.

[mucifer]

2. Temporary is a good thing

[Scrivener7]

3. Small number report a few heavy period in exchange for not dying.

The study authors cautioned, though, that the percentages do not necessarily represent the rate of menstrual changes in the general population, since people who observed a difference were more likely to participate.

[womanofthehills]

5. The problem is - they never asked women trial participants about this

Post menopausal bleeding can be a sign of cancer. I’m sure many women were scared shit unnecessary because this was not mentioned as a side effect.

[Scrivener7]

7. And the death rate since April has been normal. Not the huge spikes we've had

since 2020.

I get sick every time I get vaxxed. It's still a great tradeoff.

[womanofthehills]

11. Not talking about tradeoffs

Talking about women being unnecessary freaked out - similar to the lymph node thing.

[Scrivener7]

13. I AM talking about tradeoffs. Though I did not experience bleeding, I get knocked-down sick

for a week every time I get a vax. It's worth the tradeoff.

Your name suggests you live in a rural area. I think many in rural areas were spared the intense horror of watching unchecked Covid spread through their communities.

I live in a place that was one of the earliest epicenters, before there was anything to combat it. It has been an epicenter for every wave since.

Of course I wish they had interviewed us sooner about the effects on our cycles. But the horror of unchecked Covid in those first few months is worth just about any side effect the vaccine could possibly have.

I'll take a temporary "freak out" over that any day of the week.

[onecaliberal]

14. 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[Bettie]

15. Doctors I saw actually said that

breakthrough bleeding was never a side effect of the vaccine and I had to have invasive tests to verify that I didn't have cancer.

[womanofthehills]

18. That's exactly why I posted this article

[Hekate]

22. Thank you. I'm 74, & know if I suddenly spotted I'd be extremely concerned

[Bettie]

4. I am in menopause, yeah, getting up there in years

after my first shot, I had spotting for the first time in two years. They checked me for everything...I am fine.

Second shot, and booster...spotting, each time less than the previous.

Nothing after latest booster, apparently, my body decided that it was OK.

At the time, doctor said there was zero chance that it was vaccine related.

[BlueLucy]

9. Me too.

I am post menopause. I had some spotting after my first vaccine. No big deal.

[madville]

16. How would the doctor know if it was vaccine-related?

The answer is, they wouldn’t of known at that time, so that’s a reckless statement on their part since they really had no way of knowing if the two were related or not, simply making a guess.

[womanofthehills]

17. What's sad is the doctors were clueless that it could even be vaccine related

If they knew, they could have assuaged some worry women were put through by asking date of last vaccine and telling them it was a possibility. They did it with the lymph nodes.


Swollen Lymph Nodes After COVID-19 Vaccine: Why You Shouldn’t Be Alarmed
Our expert explains why swollen lymph nodes happen

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/dont-be-alarmed-by-this-covid-19-vaccine-side-effect-that-could-be-confused-with-breast-cancer/

[Lovie777]

6. NBC, next survey ........

what is the pregnancy rate of women who took the COVID shots compared to previous years.

[womanofthehills]

8. NBC did NOT do the survey

They are reporting on the survey. Here is the study.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm7201

[NickB79]

10. Remember the crazy people who said the vaccine caused CONTAGIOUS periods?

Lol, those people were idiots.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/technology/covid-vaccine-period-conspiracy.html

The idea, promoted on social media by accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers, is that vaccinated people might shed vaccine material, affecting people around them as though it were secondhand smoke. This month, a private school in Florida told employees that if they got vaccinated, they could not interact with students because “we have at least three women with menstrual cycles impacted after having spent time with a vaccinated person.”

[womanofthehills]

19. Not what this thread is about - but the only vaccine I've heard about connected to shedding

Is the live polio virus given in poor countries.

But in recent years, polio incidence has started to inch back up. The reason has to do with the type of vaccine used in many parts of the world, primarily in low- and middle-income countries. While the United States and other Western countries inject an inactivated virus that poses no risk of spread and are now polio-free, other countries rely on an oral vaccine. It's cheap, it's easy to administer and two or more doses confer lifelong immunity. But it's made with living, weakened virus. And that poses a problem.

Those who've been immunized with live virus can shed it in their stool, which can then spread through sewage in places with poor sanitation. If the virus stays weak, it can expose the unvaccinated to polio and give them immunity. But if it mutates and regains virulence, someone who isn't vaccinated can become sick with vaccine-derived polio after contact with the contaminated wastewater.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/04/26/1092867458/vaccine-derived-polio-is-on-the-rise-a-new-vaccine-aims-to-stop-the-spread

[NickB79]

21. Lol, you have a poor memory? I don't

I think you know exactly what I'm talking about 🤣🤣🤣

[Hekate]

23. Lol, you are deliberately going off topic? The OP is being helpful. nt

[BlackSkimmer]

24. Wow, what an odd thing to post in response to the OP.

I'm glad she posted what she did.

There are plenty of idiotic stories out there about the vaccine. The OPs post is science.

Curious why this one that concerns women's health bothers you so much, Nick?

[BlackSkimmer]

20. Thanks for posting this.

Odd you're getting pushback, but hey.