ARTIFICIAL POSTPONEMENT OF MENSTRUATION

If menstruation coincides with a special occasion,it is embarrasing.So women want to postpone the date.Itis possible
by taking some tablets.

The medicines used for are hormones.They are


1.comined oralpills[available in market]
2.Norethisterone[5mg]
Two tablets of Norethisterone should be taken atleast 3days
before the expected date and continued untill the occasion
is over.The period starts after the drug is suspended.

What is a normal menstruation?

In majority apart from vaginal bleeding no other symptoms found.On 1st day the bleeding is pink,gradually on 2nd & 3rd day it becomes dark-red.In some there is a COLICKY pain, due

to contraction of uterus, known as DYSMENORRHOEA.There may be some other symptoms

1.Pelvic dyscomfort

2.Backache

3.Fullness of breast

4.Pain of breast

5.Headache

What is Menstruation?

• It is the cyclical bleeding from woman privatepart[vagina]due to shedding of endometrium[tissues of uterus]due to homonal changes after PUBERTY.Puberty is the stage of womanlife,where secondary sexual characters develops gradually.
  
  There are five PHYSIOLOGICAL changes evident during puberty
  
  1.Breast development
  2.Hair in armpit
  3.Hair growth around Private part
  4.Growth in height
  5.Menstruation starts
  Puberty starts normally at 10yr,completed around 16yrs.A menstrual cycle is 28days.