Monthy Menstrual of Woman, Hygenic Care and Problems

 

Menstruation

 Menstruation is naturally occurred phenomena in girls. In which physical, psychology, mental, emotional as well as social changes occur. It is most important part of girls in their life cycle. Sometimes menstruation also know as means or period. At, the time of menstruation blood flow through urethra along with vagina. It occurs at the cycle of 28 or 30 days. It began between the age of 12 years to 19 years in girls and it is most important to manage the proper hygiene at that time. As, if we neglect there are high chance of occurrence of reproductive diseases and infection.

Menstruation hygiene management refers to access to menstrual hygiene products to absorb or collect the flow of blood during periods privacy to change the materials and access to facilities dispose of used menstrual materials. The menstrual hygiene day celebrate at may 28 as menstrual hygiene day.

Globally, at least 500 million women and girls lack properly access to menstrual hygiene facilities. Likely, in Nepal according to world vision 2020 71.7% of adolescent girls know about the menstruation before MENRCHE (the occurrence 0f first menstruation). 59.2% of the girls know that chaupadi is illegal and 10% of girls said that it is legal.

Mother is the first personal who taught about the mensuration and management of mensuration hygiene. So, it is most important to provide knowledge about the menstrual health to married women because in Nepal there are a lot of cultural misconception which restrict to maintain menstrual hygiene. For, the management of menstrual health in Nepal government are providing the concept of menstrual health to the school children. As most of the girls began her first cycle at school due to monthly period 26.9% of the girls missed school in the last 12 months (sources: world vision 2020). To maintain the mensural hygiene there must be access of water and shop at the school and public toilet. Also for the privacy, girls and boys toilet should be make separated.

Types of material used during the menstruation

1.      Cotton clothes

                          It is most common practice used from the many years. Nowadays, it is mainly used in village area. And by the poor group of people who don’t have money. Most of girls used such clothes for one time only. Some of them used same clothes 2 or 3 times. 83% of menstruating girls still used cloth (NDHS 2016 report).

 

2.      Sanitary pad

                     This absorbent is taken as the most hygiene and easy to used during periods. One pad is only used for one time. And this is better and hygienic than the cotton clothes pads. In Nepal only 15% of menstruating girls used sanitary pads.  Many of the girls still does not use anything during periods.

 

Now in Nepal, there are many cultural practices and believes about the menstrual health. The different types of believes sometimes being the useful but mainly it affects the health of the girls. The regarding the menstruation are:

 

Chhaupadi pratha

                                It is one types of taboos practices during the means. It is mainly practiced by the far and mid-western region of Nepal. They think that girls became impure during the periods. So, they have to stay in the dark room. Girls are not allowed see any boys at that time. They are not allowed to eat the delicious and nutritious food. As at that time they need more nutritive food. According to central bureau of statistics 2015 2.9% of girls are forced to stay in chhaupadi.

In many community girls have to stay in the animal shed. Due to which they have to faced the problem of different diseases like UTI, cancer, irritation, hormonal imbalances, clotting disorder, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)- cysts on the ovaries. 2.7% of girls stay in animal shed during menstruation (Central, Bureau of statistics, 2015).

Stay in the different room, this is most common in the brahmin community. At that time they are not allowed to see her father and brothers. Even, they are not allowed to touch or heard their voice. It is 25% according to Central Bureau of statistics 2015.

Girls are not allowed to take part in the religious activities like marriage, pooja, death ceremony, religious plant like tulsi, pepal, flower and so on. Girls are not allowed to eat different variety of food. At the time they have to eat other food instead of food made for family members. Girls have to take leave from job or school during that time because they are not allowed to touch any boys. According to central bureau of statistics it is in 2.3 % of population who practice this.

 

Conclusion

Menstruation is not a problem as people think. It is naturally phenomenon the practices which are done in our society should be stopped. It is illegal also according to law. People must have to behave them similarly as they do in normal days more than that people must care about them during mensuration. They have to provide balance diet; they have to give emotional support also. for these misconception government as well as private sector are doing the different program to control the occurrence of death and diseases due to unhygienic practice of the menstruation.