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DO COVID-19 VACCINES AFFECT MENSTRUAL CYCLES?

 * 6 May 2021


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RESEARCHERS HAVE STARTED TO STUDY THE ISSUE AFTER ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE BUT CANNOT
DRAW ANY LINKS TO THE VACCINES AS YET SINCE CHANGES IN MENSTRUAL CYCLES COULD BE
THE RESULT OF SEVERAL FACTORS, INCLUDING STRESS, DIET AND EXERCISE HABITS.

A woman gets an AstraZeneca vaccine at a vaccination centre in Bucharest,
Romania, April 7, 2021. (AP)

Can Covid-19 vaccines affect my period?

It's not known, but researchers are starting to study the issue.

Vaccines are designed to activate your immune system, and some experts have
wondered if that could temporarily disrupt menstrual cycles.

So far, reports of irregular bleeding have been anecdotal. And it’s hard to draw
any links to the vaccines since changes could be the result of other factors
including stress, diet and exercise habits. There's also a lack of data tracking
changes to menstrual cycles after vaccines in general.

If scientists do eventually find a link between the vaccine and short-term
changes in bleeding, experts say that would be no reason to avoid getting
vaccinated.

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“The benefits of taking the vaccine certainly way outweigh putting up with one
heavy period, if indeed they’re related,” said Dr Mary Jane Minkin, a
gynaecologist and professor at the Yale University School of Medicine.

Researchers recently launched a survey to begin gathering data. The findings
won’t determine whether there’s a relationship between Covid-19 vaccines and
menstrual changes, but could help form the basis for further research, said
Katharine Lee, one of the researchers, who is based at Washington University in
St Louis.

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Dr Jen Gunter, an obstetrician and gynaecologist in the San Francisco Bay Area,
said a link is possible, since the uterine lining, which is shed during
menstruation, contains immune cells that help protect the uterus.

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There’s no evidence that any vaccines, including Covid-19 vaccines, affect
fertility, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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