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1. P R E P A R E D B Y : N U R S E G A N S H A
PUBERTY
Prepared by : Nurse Gan sha

3. ANATOMY
Anatomy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v
XrQ_FhZmos

5. • Puberty is the time when our bodies change
from a child’s body to an adult body. While both
girls and boys go through puberty, girls reach
puberty and sexual maturity at earlier ages than
boys do.

6. WHEN DO CHANGES
HAPPENS?
• Puberty usually occurs in girls between the ages
of 10 and 14
• No age is better than any other one
• For some most changes happen in a few years
• For some changes happens slowly over lots of
years

7. HOW DOES YOUR BODY
CHANGE ?
1. Body Growth
- One major change you may notice is growing faster than you did
during childhood.
- First, you may notice your feet and hands getting bigger.
- Next, the arm and leg bones grow, making you taller. You may
gain some weight to match the increase in your bone size.

8. 2. Breast Development
-At first you may notice what feel like little buds, or swellings,
under your nipples. After that, your breasts will gradually get
bigger may become a little sore.
- It’s important to remember that every girl is different. How
large or small your breasts become depends on the physical
genetic traits in your family.

9. • 3. Body Hair
- You will find new hair growing in new places. Curly hair
will start growing in the pubic area (the area that
extends from your lower stomach to between your
legs) & under Arms

10. 4. BODY SWEAT
- Your sweat glands will become larger and more active,
causing you to sweat more. This may happen even before
your breasts develop.
- Once this happens you will want to wear an
antiperspirant/deodorant to help reduce sweating.

11. -During puberty, the pores in
your skin produce more oil,
especially on your face.
This can cause acne.
-You may have to wash your
hair and face more often
now
that you're going
through puberty.
5. SKIN AND HAIR CHANGES

12. 8. MOOD SWINGS
- You may also experience
sometimes extreme
changes in your mood
- feeling confident
- happy
- feeling irritated
- depressed
These frequent swings in
how you feel are called mood
swings

13. • 7. Discharge Occurs
There isn't one right age for a girl to get her period. But
there are some clues that it will start soon:
- Most of the time, a girl gets her period about 2 years
after her breasts start to develop.
- - Vagina discharge usually begins about 6 months to
a year before a girl gets her first period.
- Discharge is a clear or cloudy fluid (sort of like
mucus) produced
by your body to moisten and cleanse the vagina.
- Sometimes, vaginal discharge can become white,
thick or milky. In this case, you might have a
yeast infection.
Talk to your doctor if you have any questions.

14. VIDEO
• https://youtu.be/vXrQ_FhZmos
(The Menstrual Cycle)
• https://youtu.be/umpBnIxOqy8
(puberty changes)

16. How to manage your first period?
 Talk to other girls and women, such as your mother,sister,female
friend in your community
 Don’t be afraid. It can be scary to see the blood
on your underwear, but it is normal and nature
How to capture the blood
 Place a pad on your underwear
 Never insert the material inside your vagina
 Change the pad every four to five hours or more frequently if you
think that the blood flow is getting heavy
How Much Blood Comes Out?
 It may look like a lot of blood, but a girl usually only loses a few
tablespoons of blood during the whole period.
Will I Have Periods for the Rest of My Life?
 When women reach menopause (around age 45‒55), their periods will
permanently stop. Women also won't have a period while they are
pregnant.

17. DISPOSING A SANITARY PAD
• Wrap sanitary in plastic, tissue, or paper before you
throw in dustbin.
• Discard in a trash already provided for the
sanitary(if available).
SANITARY DUSTBIN

19. ADVISE FOR YOU
• When you started to have all this sign :
1. Please wear body deodorant to prevent the smelly of your
body. When period coming, our body odor will be bad.
2. Please standby extra pad when you having your period.
Changing pads infrequently. wet pad can cause skin irritation.
3. Please keep clean. Unclean pads bacteria may cause local
infections or travel up the vagina and enter the uterine cavity.

20. ADVISE FOR YOU
4. Keep hygiene. Make sure you wash your hand every
time you changed your pad.
5. If your size of nipple has been changed, please wear
a bra or singlet to cover it.
6. Please keep drink warm water when you having
period. Avoid ICE and carbohydrates drink.
7. You can put hot bag on your stomach area when you
are resting.

21. ADVISE FOR YOU
8. Try to do some exercise and keep your body
active
9. Eat more green veggies Due to constant blood
flow, women need to increase the intake of iron food
10. Keep tract of your periods on a calendar the
you’ll know when to expect your next period.

22. Most girls don't have any problems with
their periods. But call your doctor if you:
are 15 and haven't started your period
have had your period for more than 2 years and it still doesn't
come regularly (about every 4–5 weeks)
have bleeding between periods
have severe cramps that don't get better with medication
have very heavy bleeding (bleeding that goes through a pad
faster than every 1 hour)
have periods that last more than about a week
Should I Watch for
Any Problems?

23. WHAT ARE BREAST
EXAMS?
• Breast exams help to check that everything's normal.
• usually start doing breast exams until a woman is in her 20s.
• Most teens don't need breast exams. That's because it's rare
for girls to have breast problems.
call your doctor if you have any of these problems:
- pain in your breast that seems unrelated to your period
- a red, hot, or swollen breast
- fluid or bloody discharge from your nipple
- a lump in your armpit or near your collarbone

24. BODY HYGINE PRACTICES
• Change your pad every 4 to 5 hourly.
• Remember to take change of pad
whenever going out.
• Wash your private area with the soap
after each time you used the toilet and
do not wash insides of vagina with soap
or any other product.
• Keep the area between the legs dry
otherwise soreness may develop.
• Take bath at least 2 or 3 times per day
during menses to prevent unpleasant
smell.

25. VIDEO
•https://youtu.be/Y378HaXMDn4
(Menstrual Hygiene )
•https://youtu.be/Gtg-Bvs3Wkg
(Best Foods for Period )

26. “I’ts question
time"

27. 1. Puberty is the time when a person changes from a child into _____.
A. a person
B. an adult
C. a woman
D. a man
2. Puberty usually begins at around ages _____.
A. 4 to 6
B. 7 to 8
C. 8 to12
D. 13 to 16
3. During puberty, _____ begins to grow under a person’s arms and in
the pubic area
A. hair
B. pimples
C. perspiration
D. layers of fat

28. 4. When a girl’s breasts begin to grow, it means that she _____.
A. Has begun puberty
B. is thinking about sex
C. is gaining too much weight
D. is old enough to date
5. What genital does a female have?
A. Vagina
B. Penis
6. How long is a period cycle?
A. 1-7
B. 8-13
C. 14-20
D. 21-35