Anti-Covid vaccine and menstruation: update on side effects!

If the (many) experts contacted by ELLE.fr did not wish to comment on a possible date for the end of the pandemic, some heads of state do not hesitate to claim that the worst is behind us. Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister, for example, announced on January 20 the end of most restrictions linked to Covid. Britons no longer have to wear masks indoors, telework is no longer mandatory, and the health pass is no longer required to go to a nightclub. A week later, it was Spain that eased the restrictions. And in Denmark, Prime Minister Mette Frediriksen estimated last week that the Covid was no longer a "disease threatening public health": all measures to fight the epidemic are definitively lifted this Tuesday, February 1. 

 In a new study published on Tuesday, the ANSM concludes that "the available data do not make it possible to determine the direct link between the vaccine and the occurrence [of menstrual disturbances]". If studies and hindsight are still lacking, Laura Baena-García, midwife, sexologist, and professor at the University of Granada, has launched a research unit to shed light on the situation. Laura Baena-García. They are mainly related to the duration of the cycle (early or late), and there are also changes in the pattern of bleeding, which is more or less abundant than in a normal period. There are also rarer cases of women who report not having had their period for one or more months, but these situations should be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, as not all changes are necessarily attributable to the vaccine. The information collected should be treated with caution.