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Informative Article | Public Health | India | Volume 13 Issue 7, July 2024 | Rating: 6.3 / 10
Effects of COVID-19 Vaccination on Menstrual Cycle Disturbance in Female Population
Madhuri Gupta | Neelam Singhal | Neha Dobriyal | Kambhampati Darshitha
Abstract: The COVID-19 widespread situation had caused most of the females to face the issues related to delay in menstrual cycle for weeks or months. The menstrual cycle frequency had been very seriously affected due to post-vaccination changes in females such as rate of flow, cycle duration, discomforts etc. After pandemic the emotional and physical stress levels of an individual brought changes in lifestyle and SARS-CoV-2 infection is an additional factor that affected the menstruation. SARS-CoV-2 virus weakens the immune system and imbalances the psychological stress that had effects on the disturbance of menstruation cycle which resulted in inflammatory and immunological reactions during menstruation cycle. Irregular menstruation cycle causes infertility in women. There are many factors that affects mensuration cycle are obesity, anovulatory cycles, amenorrhea, oligomenorrhea, polycystic ovary syndrome, thyroid disease, viral disease, medication and vaccination. During the pandemic, a number of pharmaceutical companies, including Bharat Biotech (BB), Serum Institute of India (SII) and Dr. Reddy's laboratories started clinical studies for the vaccines such as Covaxin, Covishield, and Sputnik V. The first dose of SARS-CoV-2 is weaker as immunological factor in human beings and the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine second dose had stronger immunological factor in humans. The most frequent changes included shorter and longer menstrual cycles as well as heavier than normal menstruation. This high-quality research could have implication for society after post Covid-19 vaccination. After COVID-19 immunization, several investigations also aim to elucidate the processes behind the potential effects of COVID-19 vaccines on the menstrual cycle.
Keywords: Menstruation cycle, Vaccine, Covid-19, Menstrual abnormalities, Hormones
Edition: Volume 13 Issue 7, July 2024,
Pages: 625 - 630