All about the numbers
The length of the average period.
What is 5 days (Range:2-7)?
The most used period product.
What are pads?
This is how often a menstrual product should be changed.
What is every 3-5 hours?
A medical specialist responsible for people who menstruate.
What is a Gynecologist?
What hormone is elevated during the menstrual cycle?
estrogen
This is the average length of a menstrual cycle.
What is 28 days?
These products can be used while swimming with your period.
What are tampons and cups?
The average age someone begins to menstruate.
What is 11-12 years old?
Irregular periods can be a key symptom of what gynecological condition?
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
What country has the most accessible (in terms of affordability) menstrual products?
United Kingdom
This is the number of states that have a pink tax.
What is 21?
This is how much blood a regular tampon or daytime pad can hold.
What is 5 milliliters (or about a teaspoon)?
Periods stop at this age (term and age).
What is menopause (between ages 45-55)?
What is "shedding of the endomenstrial Lining."
Menstruation
True or False: Menstruation is linked to a good bone density and complete wellness.
True
Around what part of the cycle does ovulation occur?
Midcycle, Midway, Halfway
This is how much blood the average person loses during a period.
What is 2 to 4 tablespoons?
If tampon or pad is left in/on for more than 8 hours you can be exposed to?
toxic shock syndrome
True or False. You can get pregnant during your period.
True
From first period to menopause, how many periods do women and people who menstruate have on average in their lifetime?
Over the course of their reproductive lives, women and people who menstruate have around 450 periods, which equates to approximately 6 years of nonstop bleeding.
What state has the most expensive menstrual products per month? (U.S.)
New York
Reasons for Irregular Periods
What are Stress, Eating Disorders, Travel, Hormonal Changes, Menstrual Diseases, Weight fluctuations
An absence of periods, which can either be for 3 months or more (where pregnancy is not the cause) in women or people who were previously menstruating or in a young woman who doesn’t get her first period before turning 15 years old.
What is amenorrhea?
What color is normal for period blood?
Pink, Red, and Brown: Inside your reproductive system, the blood oxidizes (reacts with oxygen in your body), which means the longer it sits, the darker it gets.