15. DAILY BATH
DON’T USE SOAPS WHICH DRY THE SKIN
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SKIN FOLDS
DON’T MAKE TOO MUCH LATHER
WASH HAIR AS AND WHEN NECESSARY
USE MILD SHAMPOOS FOR THE HAIR
KEEP YOUR HAIR CLEAN AND TIDY
25. WHAT IS THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE?
• MENSTRUATION IS A
WOMAN'S MONTHLY BLEEDING.
• WHEN YOU MENSTRUATE, YOUR
BODY SHEDS THE LINING OF THE
UTERUS (WOMB).
• MENSTRUAL BLOOD FLOWS FROM
THE UTERUS THROUGH THE SMALL
OPENING IN THE CERVIX AND PASSES
OUT OF THE BODY THROUGH THE
VAGINA.
26. WHY DO GIRLS HAVE TO MENSTRUATE?
• IF YOU DON'T HAVE SEX, THE
EGG DOES NOT GET FERTILISED
AND THE UTERUS LINING STARTS
TO BREAK DOWN.
• THE BLOOD AND TISSUE FROM
THIS LINING COMES OUT
THROUGH YOUR VAGINA OVER
THE COURSE OF A FEW DAYS –
THIS IS YOUR PERIOD.
• MOST GIRLS START THEIR
PERIOD BETWEEN THE AGES OF
NINE AND 16.
27. HOW LONG IS A MENSTRUAL CYCLE LAST?
• THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE, WHICH IS
COUNTED FROM THE FIRST DAY OF
ONE PERIOD TO THE FIRST DAY OF
THE NEXT, ISN'T THE SAME FOR EVERY
WOMAN.
• MENSTRUAL FLOW MIGHT OCCUR
EVERY 21 TO 35 DAYS AND LAST TWO
TO SEVEN DAYS.
• FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS AFTER
MENSTRUATION BEGINS, LONG CYCLES
ARE COMMON.
28. NEED OF INTIMATE HYGIENE
• INTIMATE AREA IS VERY SENSITIVE TO INFECTIONS .
• THE FEMALE INTIMATE ORGAN I.E. THE VAGINA OPENS TO THE OUTSIDE AND IS
LOCATED NEAR THE ANUS WHERE THE NUMBER OF POTENTIALLY PATHOGENIC
BACTERIA IS LARGE.
33. MENSTRUAL HYGIENE
• IF HOME MADE CLOTH IS USED, DON’T USE FOR MORE THAN 2 MONTHS
• USE SEPARATE UNDERGARMENT FOR THOSE DAYS IF POSSIBLE
• USE COTTON UNDERGARMENTS
• USE LOOSE COTTON CLOTHING