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It s not known, but researchers are starting to study the issue.
Vaccines are designed to activate your immune system, and some experts have wondered if that could temporarily disrupt menstrual cycles.
So far, reports of irregular bleeding have been anecdotal. And it s hard to draw any links to the vaccines since changes could be the result of other factors including stress, diet and exercise habits. There s also a lack of data tracking changes to menstrual cycles after vaccines in general.
If scientists do eventually find a link between the vaccine and short-term changes in bleeding, experts say that would be no reason to avoid getting vaccinated. “The benefits of taking the vaccine certainly way outweigh putting up with one heavy period, if indeed they re related,” said Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, a gynaecologist and a professor at the Yale University School of Medicine.
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Feelings of exhaustion, irritability and mental fogginess are our bodies normal response to an abnormal year of pandemic life. Wenjin Chen/Getty Images
In recent weeks, Dr. Kali Cyrus has struggled with periods of exhaustion. I am taking a nap in between patients, says Cyrus, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University. I m going to bed earlier. It s hard to even just get out of bed. I don t feel like being active again.
Exhaustion is also one of the top complaints she hears from her patients these days. They say things like, It s just so hard to get out of bed or I ve been misplacing things more often, she says.
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ST. LOUIS, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ On the heels of a historic global pandemic that has resulted in an increase in cybercrime and revealed deep inequities in talent within the cybersecurity industry, The Global Center for Cybersecurity @ Cortex (GCC) officially launched by hosting its inaugural virtual conference Net Measure. At the event, leading security experts addressed how the cybersecurity industry can remove the boundaries and barriers that exist between individuals, organizations and countries with the goal of solving far-reaching challenges in cybersecurity together.
WASHINGTON: It s not known, but researchers are starting to study the issue.
Vaccines are designed to activate your immune system, and some experts have wondered if that could temporarily disrupt menstrual cycles.
So far, reports of irregular bleeding have been anecdotal.
And it s hard to draw any links to the vaccines since changes could be the result of other factors including stress, diet, and exercise habits.
There s also a lack of data tracking changes to menstrual cycles after vaccines in general.
If scientists do eventually find a link between the vaccine and short-term changes in bleeding, experts say that would be no reason to avoid getting vaccinated.
In recent weeks, Dr. Kali Cyrus has struggled with periods of exhaustion. I am taking a nap in between patients, says Cyrus, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University. I m going to bed earlier. It s hard to even just get out of bed. I don t feel like being active again.
Exhaustion is also one of the top complaints she hears from her patients these days. They say things like, It s just so hard to get out of bed or I ve been misplacing things more often, she says.
Some patients tell Cyrus they ve been making mistakes at work. Some tell her they can barely turn on the TV. All I want to do is stare at the ceiling. Others say they are more irritable.