MENSTRUAL

HYEIGINE
 MENSTRUAL HYGIENE

• IT REFERS TO ACCESS TO MENSTRUAL HYGIENE

PRODUCTS TO ABSORB OR COLLECT THE FLOW OF
BLOOD DURING THE MENSTRUATION
• PRIVACY TO CHANGE THE MATERIALS
• AND ACCESS TO FACILILTIES TO DISPOSE OF USED
MENSTRUAL MATERIALS.
TECHNIQUES:
 AVAILABLE
METHODS :

• SANITARY PADS
• TAMPONS
• CLOTH
• MENSTRUAL CUP
 MENSTURAL CUP
• INTRODUCTION
• MENSTRUAL CUPS ARE FUNNEL SHAPED CONTAINERS
WHICH IS INSERTED INTO VAGINA DURING MENSTRUATION
• MADE FROM : SILICONE, RUBBER OR LATEX
• COMPONENTS : BELL WITH STEM OR A RING .
• THE STEM IS USED FOR INSERTION AND REMOVAL .
• THE BELL SHAPED CUP SEALS AGAINST THE VAGINAL WALL JUST
BELOW THE CERVIX AND COLLECTS THE MENSTRUAL FLUID .
• LIFE SPAN : 5-10 YRS
HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR MENSTRUAL CUP :

CUPS ARE AVALAIBLE IN DIFFERENT

SIZES LIKE SMALL , MEDIUM,LARGE .
DEPENDING ON:
SIZE ,
MENSTRUAL FLOW
AGE
 WHY MENSTRUAL CUPS BETTHER THAN
OTHER METHODS

•17000 TOTAL PADS * 5 RS. / 1 PAD = 85000 RS LIFETIME COST

MENSTRUAL CUP HAS LIFE SPAN FOR 5-10 YEARS AND ON AN AVERAGE CUP COST
200-350.

•WHICH ACCOUNTS TO AVERAGE 1000-2000 RS. FOR TOTAL MENSTRUAL EXPENSE .

•SO BY USING MENSTRUAL CUPS YOU CAN SAVE ALMOST 95 % OF YOUR MONEY .
 INVENTION:

• LEONA CHALMERS PATENTED THE FIRST USABLE

COMMERCIAL CUP IN 1937 IN US.
• IT GAINED ATTENTION AFTER 1980s , WHEN THERE IS
INCREASE IN TEMPONS RELATED TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROMES
• BUT IN INDIA , IT USAGE START AROUND 2017 .
 HOW TO USE MENSTRUAL CUPS :

1) CLEAN : BOIL MENSTRUAL CUPS FOR 5 MINUTES BEFORE

FIRST USE
2) WASH YOUR HANDS THROUGHLY
3) FOLD : FOLD THE MENSTRUAL CUP SO THAT THE WIDE
OPENING OF CUP IS MADE FOR SMALLER FOR INSERTION .
 4 )INSERT : HOLD THE CUP AT AN ANGLE ( NOT A STRAIGHT )
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AIMING TOWARDS THE BASE OF YOUR SPINE .

GENTLY SEPARATE THE LABIA WITH YOUR FREE HAND AND
CURVED EDGES OF THE FOLDED CUP INTO VAGINAL OPENING .
5) REMOVE : WITH THE CLEAN HANDS , PINCHAS FAR UP THE
CUP AS POSSIBLE TO RELEASE THE VACUUM. GRIPPING THE
STEM , GENTLY PULL IT OUT .
6 ) EMPTY : SIMPLY EMPTY THE MENSTRUAL BLOOD INTO
TOILET POT AFTER 6-12 HOURS AND RINSE IT WITH WATER .
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOLD :
 VIDEO :

• https://www.youtube.com/embed/DXG4qcwsctI
 TABOOS :

• UNCOMFORTABLE AND PAINFUL

• IT WILL LEAD TO WIDENING OF VAGINAL WALL
• IT CAN CAUSE INFERTILITY
• LOSE OF VERGINITY
 BENEFITS:

• AFFORDABLE
• SAFER THAN TAMPONS
• HOLD MORE BLOOD THAN SANITARY
NAPKIN/TAMPONS
• BETTER FOR ENVIRONMENT
• CAN BE WORN WITH AN IUD
• FREEDOM OF MOVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES LIKE SWIMMING , CYCLING
 CUPS OVER PADS

• SANITARY NAPKINS AND PADS CAN

CAUSE IRRITATION AND ITCHING
• ALSO CAUSE UTI AND RTI .
• LEAKAGE
• FREQUENT CHANGING
• SOIL AND WATER POLLUTION
 SIDE –EFFECTS:

• CAN BE MESSY
• CAN BE HARD TO INSERT OR REMOVE
• MAY BE TOUGH TO FIND RIGHT FIT
• MAY CAUSE ALLERGIC REACTIONS
• VAGINAL IRRITATION
DO’S
• STERILIZE AFTER EVERY USE
• TAKE IT SLOW
• FORM UR OWN OPINION BY
YOUR USE AND RESEARCH
• MOTIVATE OTHERS TO USE FOR
SAFER PERIOD OPTIONS
W DON’TS
• DON’T KEEP IN BOILING WATER
FOR LONGER TIME
• DON’T SHARE WITH ANYONE
• DON’T RULE CUP USE BY OTHER
PEOPLE OPINION
• DON’T BUY CHEAP PRODUCTS
• DON’T BE IN PAIN WHILE
LEARNING FOR FIRST 2-3 CYCLE
THANK YOU !!!!!!!!