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Morning peeps! If you missed this yesterday, here’s a mega thread with links to all my #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth posts. Thanks for joining me to learn more about all things period-related. Here’s to making a more #PeriodFriendlyWorld!

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May is #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth and I've been trying to post something about menstrual health every day. Today is day 31 which means we made it to the end! Strap yourself in for a mammoth summary thread with links to all the posts :) 1/36 #PeriodFriendlyWorld

It's day 30 of #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth, and today we're talking standards. Standards exist to make sure that products meet minimum quality and safety requirements, do what they are intended to do, and don't pose any health risks. 1/12 #PeriodFriendlyWorld

For example, ISO 20126:2022 specifies what manual toothbrushes should be made of and how they should be tested to ensure they are safe to use as intended. ISO 5408:2009 is for screws. You get the picture. 4/12 #PeriodFriendlyWorld #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth www.iso.org/standard/746...

ISO 20126:2022

Products relied on by millions of people every day to manage their periods have no global standard to ensure they are safe and not made of substandard materials. 6/12 #PeriodFriendlyWorld #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth

In recent years a bunch of studies have studied different brands of tampons and found all manner of things you probably don't want in your vagina. There's a handy spreadsheet here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... 7/12 #PeriodFriendlyWorld #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth

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These become ISO standards which are reviewed every few years to make sure they are still relevant/correct. 3/12 #PeriodFriendlyWorld #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth

The International Organisation for Standardisation - ISO for short - is an NGO that's been bringing together experts from around the world since 1947 to decide how best to make products and manage processes. 2/12 #PeriodFriendlyWorld #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth www.iso.org/standards.html

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Hands up if you are surprised to hear there is currently NO ISO standard for period products. Not for tampons. Not for pads. Nothing. 5/12 #PeriodFriendlyWorld #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth

Peeps! I've decided to resurrect my blog, Infectious Thoughts using @[email protected]. The first task I set myself was to create a calculator for people to work out how many periods they've had/days spent bleeding! #PeriodFriendlyWorld infectious-thoughts.ghost.io/ever-wondere...

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Menopause marks the end of our reproductive years and is diagnosed when someone has gone 12 months without a period. It usually occurs between the ages of 45 and 55 but it can be earlier or later. In Aotearoa New Zealand, the average age is 51. 2/13 #MenstrualHealthAwareness #PeriodFriendlyWorld

It's important to acknowledge that people can have very different experiences with different combinations of symptoms. Some people breeze through this time without much fuss, while others can be debilitated by it. 7/13 #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth #PeriodFriendlyWorld

It's day 17 of #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth, and today we're talking #menopause and #perimenopause. 1/13 #PeriodFriendlyWorld

Before menopause is perimenopause, which literally means “approaching menopause”. That’s when oestrogen levels start to go a bit haywire and menstrual cycles become more erratic. 4/13 #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth #PeriodFriendlyWorld

Menopause can also be medically induced, for example by surgical removal of the ovaries or being on chemotherapy to treat cancer. 3/13 #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth #PeriodFriendlyWorld

Periods can become lighter or heavier and cycles longer or shorter. Perimenopause typically starts when people are in their forties, but it can start earlier.  5/13 #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth #PeriodFriendlyWorld

Most of us will be able to take hormone therapy (usually just called HRT for hormone replacement therapy or MHT for menopause hormone therapy), to help relieve many of the symptoms. 8/13 #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth #PeriodFriendlyWorld

It's day 14 of #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth, and today's topic is a big news story from this week about the rebranding of an important condition. Say goodbye to #PCOS and hello to #PMOS! Long thread incoming... And it gets personal! 1/16 #PeriodFriendlyWorld

It's day 2 of #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth, so we're answering the questions: what is menstruation and what's normal? #PeriodFriendlyWorld 1/8

It's May 1, which can only mean one thing... it's the start of Menstrual Health Awareness Month! Each day this month, we'll (Period People Aotearoa) be breaking the silence around this important topic. 1/6 #MenstrualJusticeForAll #PeriodFriendlyWorld #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth

Heute ist #MenstrualHygieneDay! Der Aktionstag soll über global unterschiedliche Bedingungen aufklären und enttabuisieren. Danke an unseren #Kooperationspartner #einhorn, der euch auf der #rp24 einige kostenlose Hygieneprodukte zur Verfügung stellt! #PeriodFriendlyWorld