A young man in uganda whos fighting to overcome to booze about menstruation hello and welcome to him good sick to all you men out there whole often have you bought this for your ladies at temple all this pets and have you ever been embarrassed about it i think its time to talk about this period. Every month a womans body prepares her uterus womb for a possible pregnancy thats the place where a fertilized egg develops into a baby. Each monthly cycle in the lining of the uterus the end of mitri im thick and if an egg cell released by one of the ovaries is fertilized it implants in the uterus where it gets nutrients for growth. If it lies ation does not occur. As is usually the case the usual lining is shade through the vagina that is the monthly bleeding as the old lining is cleared from the body the cycle starts over again. As we just saw in the records in st in place an Important Role in reproduction but theres still a lot of myths about it. Myths number one. Menstrual blood contains toxic substances which is why women are unclean during that period. In romania people often say that if a woman who is menstruating touches flowers they will will. And in some areas of nepal women have to leave their homes during that period and are not permitted to touch communal food sources. Theres absolutely greek scholars even planning natural histories have indicated that there was some type of poison that emerged from menstrual blood. Science has proved over the last 70 years starting with the 120 s. When theres actual experiments that were created around it that no theres not talk sense in menstrual blood and its actually just cells that need to regenerate themselves. Number 2. In pakistan people believe that a thing well menstruating can cause cramps. That being in the water will somehow stop the bleeding completely. It actually can help to take a bath especially a warm bath to help alleviate menstrual cramps but being completely immersed in water is not dangerous or bad at all for. Rating person. This number 3. Certain dishes cannot be prepared if the cook is menstruating. In italy that day will supposedly fail to rise in france the mayonnaise curdles. And in germany the whipped cream refuses to. Most ration does not influence anyones Cooking Skills does not make food go bad it does not cause you to rot it does not affect whatsoever you are as an amusing as amusing a cook as you would be leading or not so please cook to your Hearts Desire but. Dont let misstep be. Gratefully we are living in the 21st century and we should be at the point that we could see. Well thats a natural thing but there still are to do some stigmatization even here. And this is why you need to do she found it together with a friend crafts and. Doing studied journalism and management. Shes also an artist in her own right and since 2017 shes made menstruation essential feel of her work. We make art to spark a conversation about menstrual hell because we think you dont have to love your period but you have to understand it can you give us an update about the blues concerning ministration. Even today or 2900. 00 in germany the to blue about menstruation is all around us i would say. Because you see it the 1st thing is like we dont talk about it its not just a topic that can be discussed it is shameful it is it has to be a secret. They. There are a lot of acronyms like shark week for instance like you dont want to say the actual i have my period or someone has their period. And that while thats on like a societal level also on a personal level still a bit of a lot of parents dont even discuss it with their children. Which means the kids dont really have the knowledge or the resources to take care of it when they start their period papa told to get the idea to do something against it when they started as a personal thing for us i i painted a painting with a lot of different bodies and blood. With just water color and it was not a political stand or not i didnt want to make a point it was just something i did and then one of my friends who also menstruates herself was so offended by it and she will be yeah i just got really defensive too shes like well this is just disgusting like why would you do this and i thought wow if even in my. Smaller circle or inner circle of friends its such a huge to boo then maybe its something we need to talk about more and why do you think that this is so important i mean some people may say that there are more pressing issues in the world yes there are probably a lot of pressing issues in the world but i think thats not how the world works like we dont make a list start with the most important issue and then work our way down we work on a lot of issues to maintain asli it actually is a pretty important topic because 1st of all it concerns 50 percent of the population directly and also this really has an effect on people so you offer workshops on this topic im a man im not menstruating can i visit to worship as well we do a lot of creative. Workshops we call. Cressy nice but its i think its a very open concept its not a very intense workshop where its like a strong learning thing its more networking while actually getting crafty being creative and so were creating an atmosphere you know where you can create and learn about stuff and there are men and people who dont mistreat their but really our target group is people that men stray and so we focus on that like you to give me an update on really believing in what you think about free bleeding those who mean treating im not using any sanitary products contributing free believing can be seen as a political stand that you say well actually this is normal and just everybody deal with it but also it can be just a very pragmatic things. Like for instance kiran again he was the marathon she ran where she was on her period but didnt use any product so she was just bleeding through it and the pictures went around the world. I think that was not a political stand pair say she was there as an athlete and she was there to give her best at this marathon which she trained for a very long and then she got her period and she decided well theres not a really good option for me right now because i cannot just stop in the marathon and ive done to you know exchange my couple my temple or whatever so she just decided to run with it and i think thats actually a pretty good example that. Periods are not really plentiful so we should really you know lower the to do so that i dont know it doesnt hold people back like imagine she wouldnt have run them as a marathon because of her period well continue talking just a moment but 1st if youve got any questions im sure to roger you. In good shape if your Weekly Health show on d w that covers. Many aspects of health care we look at whats new in medical treatment nutrition fitness and beauty we discuss these topics in depth with specialists and offer you opportunities to pose your own questions so get in touch. Millions of men worldwide are using the temple during the period its inserted into the vagina and he should be able to feel it at all but thats not true for everybody sometimes its painful but there is the strong cup. And the start of womens monthly hygiene the menstrual cup its made of medical grade silicon and thats why gynecologist tallon a props is all for a. Month and more and more women are getting allergies like to food or pollen you can have an allergic reaction in the vaginal area as well to tampons for example but ive never seen a reaction to a menstrual cup having. A woman uses around 3 and a half 1000 tampons or pads in 10 years alternatively she could use one reusable menstrual cup. Of a fixed or what have the main advantage is that we produce far less waste. Its also better for your body because tampons dry you out. And they contain substances we should be wary of as do some a tree parts. And those arguments convinced miriam more yet to switch from tampons to a menstrual cup shes been using it for 3 years now bought some women dont like the idea. Of both feel weird putting a thing like that inside me. I think its not so hygenic Walking Around all day with this huge thing inside me sounds uncomfortable thats because i am is to ensure comfort menstrual cramps come in various shapes and sizes with different mechanisms for removing them a few simple questions will help women find the right type for them. Its a world are you is your hymen talked to or not and have you been pregnant or had a child. And it also depends a bit on your pelvic floor muscles. To ensure a good fit the cup is folded before insertion. The 2 most common fall types of a c fold also called the heart fold and thats also the punch down or shall fold. Once the cup has been folded its hardly larger than a tampon and can be easily inserted once its in place inside the vagina it unfolds forming a seal by pressing against the vaginal wall and is ready to collect menstrual blood its held in place by the pelvic muscles and fallon is then going to remove it please remember to not just pull on the cup. First release the suction. And then carefully jiggle a copout youre probably in a slightly squatting position on the toilet so that you have the cup and can pour it out in. A cup like this can stay in the vagina for up to 12 hours after every cycle it should be boiled in water for 5 or 10 minutes then its ready for use the next month nowadays Menstrual Cups can be bought in drugstores and not just on the internet. Advocates say using a cup gives a woman better control over her body and her health. And if you see changes in your flow is stronger or weaker its a form of biofeedback and thats a good thing. But does the cup sill securely enough to prevent leaks. With a cup i have no problem doing exercise i wore it to the spa i go swimming with it and feel completely free. And its never leaked. Out. Not all women are familiar with the menstrual cup but this simple device has the potential to replace conventional pads and tampons. Abdominal cramps and women are often underestimated because its the way of life its a natural thing biology and so on so even doctors sometimes miss important diagnosis like. Not every woman is able to have a baby for many reasons for a long time to years ago not didnt know if she could shed always suffered from abnormally painful periods i think of the time i started menstruating at 15 it was awful i couldnt stand it without painkillers. Each month was a torment the up down no pains put her completely out of action and that seemed to be nothing she could do about it. So even with painkillers i could hardly bear it normal life was out of the question during my period i always knew that something wasnt normal. She 1st heard about and by chance everything she read about it matched her symptoms. In this condition the endometrium layer tissue that usually lines the uterus graze outside the womb it can settle on the ovaries the philippian cheaps or even the intestine the bladder or the lining of the abdomen these lesions follow the menstrual cycle so when the period starts the lesions also bleed and cause extreme pain. To design insisted on having a laparoscopy done the best imaging technique to find the endometriosis grades but the results were negative monthly pains persisted. From our doctor kept saying it was normal some women have pain some dont you just have to live with it when its most wanted im a believer. Dr graham a. Its familiar with those kinds of statements but he knows that such extreme period pains are not normal usually the cause is undetected endometriosis. Probably one problem is that we may have trouble diagnosing it you see nothing in an ultrasound scan everything looks normal and another problem is that we doctors dont take the patient seriously enough because pains during menstruation are considered normal. Amount of is constant. If the cause is endometriosis its important to recognize it because the condition can often cause infertility but if the endometriosis has damage organs like the fallopian tubes the transport mechanism then the egg cell can pass through and these women cant become pregnant for anatomical reasons but there are lots of women with endometriosis where everything still seems quite normal. To raise no one to consult the specialist did she have endometriosis you have a child. The initial examination showed signs of the condition but what does a diagnosis mean for patients. We tell the women about ways of removing the lesions maybe removing a small piece of the intestine if the end of the trios this is only on the abdominal wall then that lesion can be cut out thats the simplest procedure and the quickest to recover from. Lets me to fit. This is today is the 2nd operation its only now that the extent of her and its becoming visible its a severe case there relations all over her up domino wall luckily her reproductive organs the nurse affected the surgeons will now try to remove all the endometrial tissue that surgery alone doesnt always solve the problem. After the operation we always recommend hormone therapy to keep the end of mitosis in check as long as possible to reduce the discomfort and prevent it from occurring but. Today so was given a long term Birth Control pill but she didnt tolerate it well and started having pain again so for 7 months she was on a different treatment that but her body in a kind of menopausal state but it disrupted her hormonal balance. As in even though i had massive side effects at age 17 i felt like a woman in many of whom was like an over 50 year old i had hot flash. Attacks of sweating headaches my mood was terrible i didnt feel like a teenager and the pain came back not as badly as before but it was never good as nick would. Again she consulted the specialist soon it was clear that she would need more surgery today so hard for operations in total before she could breathe a sigh of relief and then she got another piece of advice. For thoughts of chronic pain also leads to tension and poor posture so even if the cause has been eliminated the pains may remain but doesnt mean the operation wasnt a success but the pain stimulus has led to a chronic pain syndrome which can be cured or improved with other methods. The young woman did everything to get rid of the pain permanently physio therapy make sure up with say she invested a lot of time in her disease and ultimately it led to a new profession that of an alternative Health Practitioner speciality is going to be called disorders she founded and only traces Selfhelp Group today 3 women have come for a talk all of them having trouble getting pregnant then when looking how would it be to really never be able to have children i always tried not to think about that but somehow you do end up worrying. Today as i was lucky after she stopped taking hormone she became pregnant in 2013 her 1st son was born and 4 years later her 2nd at 28 she is now free of pain. So lets be creative and lets do some art yay lets do it what i really was into that time and still jordan now is hand embroidery. This is like explained like the simple stitches. While but then i started actually with hand and rotary to connected with many. Well health and well this is i dont know you maybe are familiar familiar with the original well youve got a print of the picture right here and its a lady with white trousers and here you have the red trousers and theres. A exactly and what happened here is this picture was hanging here and i was really like seeing it all time and everybody that mensura it has probably been in the situation where you were at and on the bus and school in the Doctors Office wherever and youre like are i hope im not bleeding through my pence right now and most times it maybe even feels like it but its not really happening and so what we started then is to create our own stamps or rubber stamps this is a uterus just a stamp so you can stand but somewhere where to have some valvo stamps. You know Different Things that we create in those creative workshops and people create becks one stand us well this is a screen print actually i dont know if you why use toilet paper free in Public Restrooms but temples and pets are so this is a political statement actually it is yeah and its a well like it shouldnt be a political statement but it is because you know it actually raises the question yeah why is there like i mean really any like public space where theres a Public Toilet or place abrade you need to be there i think should be accessible menstrual products. And other blogs here like yeah right this is actually like we call a bloody bag and it really is like provocative like it is blood but then on the other hand its not like its just paint its paint on the back like theres nothing. Really. Bloody about it in that sense and i think it really raises the question why is blocked offending you so much or not you got to. I like this kid too you can see a man sitting in front of the telly and is watching a horror movie fight movie with blots all over and hes really enjoying it is eating popcorn while doing this and then this commercial breaks in the pad and some spot of blood on it you say i can see my eyes but its so is this reality i think that really sums it up because it shows youre not offended but black youre offended but periods and thats really i think what this question is all about like why are you so offended even a lot of people that that do menstruated just hate their period and thats totally fine like you dont have to love it if you dont have your period you dont have to be interested in it but people that do menstruate need the knowledge they need the resources to take care of it to understand whats happening well so i do my 1st print right so this is a stamp we carved out of. This is a stamp we cuffed out its. Tom hanks here your family was read to you because its very good to have this because while at one inch we had this choice. You can stick it in there to just to make it hard its ok theyre just president here right and then you put pressure on it sure. Like this perfect thank you 1st menstrual project oh yeah it is oh its not that bad actually good job its a good job its a print of 10 pounds and and 10 pounds actually change the history of menstruation 10 pounds and pads or the sanitary products but they are not accessible worldwide because theyre quite expensive but in uganda there was a man who had a great idea. The lessons are over in this school and come parlor but the students arent going home yet theyre turning cold fabric into washable environmentally friendly cemetery parents many girls in uganda cant afford to buy disposable pads so they stay home from school during their periods for fear of ridicule. When you intervene feel kind discussion. Or you. Know you feel lashing. Come after school and their families. Because disposable sanitarium products are so expensive many young women are forced to use cracks or even leaves neither are very reliable ways of absorbing menstrual bleeding. Months to put an end to that. Hes helping the girls to sew their own reusable cloth menstrual pads yes 3 sisters so he knows what a problem can be. When i threw the sim paper money says dont feel. If my sister gets approved live ill be also responsible in one way or another. Thanks to said and do here is project these young women can now attend school every day. And may sell the pads they make to other women generating income. So they can induce doing in their communities on the. Floor this is another way of teaching gods how to fight their own job. Not everyone in uganda approves the. Project but hes determined to continue his work and help girls stay in school. Thats it for today see you next week and im so then lets all try to stay in good shape. 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