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Expert Decries Use of Tissue Paper During Menstruation

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Expert Decries Use of Tissue Paper During MenstruationExpert Decries Use of Tissue Paper During Menstruation
Dr Bamidele Iwalokun, a medical researcher, on Thursday, condemned the use of tissue paper during menstruation as sanitary pads by women, saying it could lead to severe health complications.
Expert decries use of tissue paper during menstruation/Illustration (Stock photos)
Expert decries use of tissue paper during menstruation/Illustration (Stock photos)

Poor hygiene practice

Iwalokun, who is the Head, Immunology and Vaccinology Research Department, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

He said that some tissue papers were products of waste paper, and such tissue papers were not hygienic for draining blood during menstruation.

The habit of using tissue paper in the form of sanitary pads is a poor hygiene practice on the part of any woman.

No health policy has supported the use of tissue paper as a sanitary pad. It's bad behaviour and should not be adopted health-wise.

It doesn't have any credibility of use. This should be a way of informing women that it carries a serious public health risk.

use of tissue paper during menstruation

Use of tissue paper during menstruation has health complications

The practice places such women at risk of having an infection which may pass through the vagina cavity and enter the bloodstream, thereby having a serious health impact, Iwalokun said.

The researcher said that the use of tissue paper during menstruation could affect the reproductive organs that could lead to other complications in life.

Sometimes it may be chronic infections that may not give serious symptoms to warrant going to the hospital, but it is indirectly damaging the reproductive system or that pathway.

One of them is Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID). Many women do not know they have PID until when issues of infertility comes up, and untreated PID is a major cause of infertility.

It also depends on the pathogens that are coming from such paper. It is important to identify the types of pathogens that are isolated from such tissue papers.

There must be a quality study that will show the various types of pathogens, in order to identify the type of damage they can cause.

However, women should abstain from the practice of using tissue paper as sanitary pads, in order to avoid such health complications.

Women should always adopt proper hygiene at all times, especially during the monthly menstrual period, he said.

This article was republished with the permission of Pulse.ng and was originally written by the News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN) 

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