Advisability of Menstrual Cup for the Management of Menstruation-Survey among South Indian Gynecologists
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 4
Abstract
Menstrual cup is bell shaped made up of silicon rubber, which does not cause any irritation, collects menstrual fluid for a period of 10-12 hrs and disposal of menstrual blood and it can be reused for a period of 10 years by boiling it.To reduce the solid waste burden and to increase the menstrual hygiene in developing countries, menstrual cup is highly suggested. only recently the cup is made available in India and only few are advising it. so in the present study the awareness about menstrual cup among south Indian gynaecologists and their opinion regarding advisability when awareness is created is explored In the study 189 participatedand all of them were awarethat current practises for menstrual management are hazardousbut only 50 are aware of menstrual cup,even after discussing the anticipated problem like leakage messiness ,difficulty to worn ,needs backupremoval difficulty100% are ready to advise the menstrual cup to for menstrual hygiene.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr Lavanya Kumari GC, Dr P. A. Chandrasekharan, Dr. T. Pratibha sravanthi
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