It prepares the body for becoming pregnant.
Women in Rwanda do have a menstrual cycle, like women in any other country do.
Women with severe menstrual pain have higher levels of prostaglandin in their menstrual blood than women who do not have such pain.
Some innovative menstrual devices that can help improve women's health and well-being during their menstrual cycle include menstrual cups, period-tracking apps, and period-proof underwear.
Because your menstrual cycle is the lining of your uterus shedding.
Women would use tampons or menstrual pads. There are also options like menstrual release too.
Extra physical activity tend to have increased blood loss during menstrual periods. So women should not go for exercise during menstrual period.
Yes, gas pains and bloating are the 2 most common side effects of the menstrual cycle. This can happen in both older women and younger women.
Women should seek care from a gynecologist, family practitioner or internist for menstrual irregularities.
Yes, some women do sell their menstrual flow.There are people who have menstrual fetishes or who will use blood as part of blood magic. Many women also use menstrual blood in their artwork to tie it to themselves, more personal than a signature, or will use menstrual blood to paint with to challenge menstrual taboos.
Women wear menstrual pads during menstruation, the purpose of these is to collect menstrual flow as it leaves the body in order to prevent it getting onto clothing. Some women will use pads before their period starts to be ready, and even when using tampons they still have to alternate with pads.
No, trans women do not menstruate or have a menstrual cycle.Trans women don't have a uterus or ovaries, many trans women also don't have vagina's, and thus without the female anatomy they do not experience a menstrual cycle as cis women and trans men. Trans women who take hormones can experience menstrual cycle symptoms, their hormones can be similar to cis women so they may experience hormonal shifts like cis women. PMS is also a social construct so they can experience PMS symptoms like cis women.
No, not every woman has a menstrual cycle. Most healthy adult cis-women will menstruate, however women who have reached menopause will no longer have a menstrual cycle, nor will women who have had a hysterectomy - basically women who are no longer fertile. Women who use hormonal birth control don't have a menstrual cycle, as the purpose of hormonal birth control is to suppress the menstrual cycle so they don't ovulate - the bleeding women get is a withdrawal bleed, it mimics menstruation but isn't the same as menstruation. Many women were born biologically male, thus regardless of changes to their gender or genital reassignment surgery to change their sex, they are not capable of ovulation and thus don't have a menstrual cycle - although interestingly hormones given to many transsexual women can create symptoms similar to that of the menstrual cycle.