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The Effect of COVID _19 on Menstruation
The Effect of COVID _19 on Menstruation
Mehrdad Ostadpoor,1,*Ahmad Zeinodini,2Seyyed Hossein Heidari,3Pooria Rezaei,4
1. Graduatedof Veterinary Medicine Faculty, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran 2. Graduatedof Veterinary Medicine Faculty, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran 3. Graduatedof Veterinary Medicine Faculty, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran 4. Graduatedof Veterinary Medicine Faculty, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
Introduction: A pathogen from a human-animal virus family, the coronavirus (CoV), which was identified as the main cause of respiratory tract infections, evolved in to a novel and wild one in Wuhan (a city in Hubei Province of China) and spread rapidly throughout the world, so it created a pandemic crisis according to the World Health Organization. these viruses cause different diseases such as common colds in human and animal. they sometimes attack the respiratory system or their signs appear in the gastrointestinal tract. in the world, people experienced physical stress, virus infection, related complications, mental stress and panic caused by the public health emergency. the most common symptoms of COVID_19 which appear in patients who were infected to COVID _19 include cough, fever, even respiratory failure, dyspnoea, myalgia, headache, diarrhoea, rhinorrhoea, a sore throat. pharyngalgia, sudden gustatory and olfactory dysfunctions were also other important symptoms in patients infected by COVID _19.
Methods: In the current study, key words including COVID_19, Coronavirus, Menstruation and Stress were reviewed from the list of Mesh and other credible websites including PubMed, Science Direct ,Google Scholar and the data were organized.
Results: Result indicate that although no obvious menstrual cycle change was observed, women who affected by COVID_19 have a significantly lower serum anti-mullerian hormone level and higher testosterone / prolactin level, suggesting a poor ovarian reserve and abnormal reproductive hormones compared to the age-matched healthy unaffected women. some researchers say anxiety levels were high in participants during the COVID_19 pandemic. it was seen that the stress levels of women during the pandemic have increased due to psychiatric impacts. almost half of the women reported that they had periods which were heavy and painful that shows a significant increase compared to their periods before the pandemic. While a significant proportion of women described the negative impact of the pandemic on their menstrual cycle and lifestyle, there was a minority of women who described some positive effects. some women noted they had more regular periods and periods which were less heavy and painful and they had less premenstrual symptoms. some women reported increase level of libido in themselves. some women described positive aspects of the pandemic; including a slower pace of life, less commuting and spending much more time with their families. some women recognised both a positive and negative impact of the pandemic on their lives. it is still impossible to know if the pandemic continues and progress any positive effects will endure.
Conclusion: Increased levels of anxiety and stress due to the prevalence of COVID _19 have a significant effect on women's menstrual cycle however we need more studies to get better conclusion.