Occasionally women report irregular menstrual bleeding after a corona vaccination.
Are possible connections and consequences known?
Kassel - For some time now there have been more reports in social networks from women who observe irregularities in their cycle after a Corona * vaccination.
A scientist launched a call on this topic in February.
On Twitter, Kate Clancy, a researcher at the University of Illinois, asked if women noticed cycle fluctuations or irregular menstrual periods after receiving a corona vaccine.
Your contribution received countless reactions.
Women complained of menstrual cramps after corona vaccination
According to spiegel.de, numerous women responded to the call of the scientist, who herself researches the topic of menstruation, and reported irregular bleeding.
Including women who have already passed menopause and are actually no longer menstruating, the scientist announced.
According to the Paul Ehrlich Institute, menstrual cramps and irregular bleeding are not listed in the lists of the side effects of a corona vaccination, reports spiegel.de.
Corona vaccination and menstrual cramps: women report different symptoms
It cannot be ruled out that the irregularities of the period and the vaccination may occur at a similar point in time, but have nothing to do with each other. Women sometimes report quite different symptoms such as late or premature menstruation, heavy or weaker bleeding. It is also possible that after a vaccination, more attention is paid to signals that the body sends.
However, according to experts, the observations of women need not be coincidences: “It is not really surprising that an intervention that affects something as fundamental as vaccination has an impact on the cycle.
So that could well be a realistic perception, ”says Christian Thaler, head of the hormone and fertility center at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.
He thinks it is quite conceivable that the cycle in women can temporarily lose its rhythm after a corona vaccination.
One of the known side effects after a corona vaccination * is the "Covid arm".
Is the side effect dangerous?
(Helena Gries)
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