They mess up the menstrual cycle
|  | Friday, October 28, 2022 | | | | |
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Women getting COVID were not told. Women getting COVID vaccines were not told.
Both the coronavirus and the protection against it really mess up menstrual cycles. For artist Raven La Fae, long after suffering through the virus and getting vaccines, her periods have not returned to normal—sometimes lasting up to 13 days a month.
“When COVID started, we were worried about people dying, so other things were overlooked,” says Yale obstetrician Hugh Taylor. The omission created fear, because women have been told menstrual changes could signal a hormonal imbalance, or even cancer. Why did menstrual cycles change? And why did this news take so long to get out?
Read the full story here. (Pictured above, an X-ray image of the female reproductive system.)
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