ABSTRACT

Purpose: Covid-19 vaccine was developed to prevent the infection caused by SARS CoV-2. However, the effects of the covid vaccine are not yet defined well. The main aim of this study was to find any association between the covid 19 vaccine and menstrual problems Methods: A prospective analysis was done over 115 women attending outpatient clinics who had received at least a single dose of the covid vaccine from March 2021 to May 2021. Follow up was made till 6 months using a preformed questionnaire and over the phone regarding the length of the menstrual cycle, duration of menses, any other associated factors during the post-vaccine status. Results: Most of the respondents received the Covidshield vaccine with maximum acceptance around 18- 25 years. There was not much significance when studying the difference in the menstrual pattern before the covid-19 pandemic and after covid 19 vaccination. However, 3.8% of cases had menorrhagia, 3.8% prolonged menses, 3.8% had severe pain in the abdomen, 11% had nonspecific symptoms like fatigue, fever, weakness, numbness, during 1st month of covid vaccination. When followed up further over 6 months, it has reduced to 2.7% cases of prolonged menses, 1.7% pain in the abdomen, no cases of menorrhagia and 4.7% had non-specific symptoms. Conclusion: The majority of the respondents of covid vaccine were compliant and had regular cycles like before. However, there are reported cases of heavy bleeding, prolonged menses, severe pain in the abdomen and other vaccine-related side effects which were of not much significance and the menstrual irregularities were mostly co-incidental.
Publication date: 15/02/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.2.1007