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Recently, a lot of articles about experiencing irregular menstruation after receiving the corona vaccine have been uploaded to the Blue House petition. In fact, some studies have shown that vaccines can have an effect, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to worry about.



Medical reporter Cho Dong-chan will explain in detail what to watch out for.



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Mr. Park, in his 30s, suffered from menstrual irregularities after the first dose of the corona vaccine 2 months ago.



[Experience of menstrual irregularity after vaccination: (1st vaccine) After receiving the vaccine, it is not the time to menstruate, but there is a little blood all of a sudden. But I've never been like this before, so I was suddenly a little confused. At first, the amount decreased so much that I didn’t even know it was menstruation.]



After the second inoculation, I had the exact opposite experience.



[Experienced with menstrual irregularities after vaccination: (After the second vaccination) There are too many things that are very different from usual. I'm a little nervous, I've never had anything like this before. Do I have to say that I was scared?]



If you search the Internet, there are quite a few domestic and foreign women complaining of irregular menstruation after vaccination.



An analysis by the National Institutes of Health has found that a coronavirus vaccine can affect women's menstrual cycles.



A US research team including obstetricians and gynecologists analyzed stress caused by muscle pain and fever as the cause of menstrual irregularities.



However, most of them are completed in a short period of time and the results of the interim study were announced that it will not affect the germ cells.



[Kim Yong-jin / Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea University Guro Hospital: Ovulation has a lot of potential to change due to psychological or environmental influences. So, the possibility of menstrual cycle or irregular bleeding due to the indirect effects of these cannot be excluded.]



Be careful when the amount of menstruation increases excessively.



British researchers warn that excessive menses after vaccination may be a symptom of thrombocytopenic thrombosis, a rare post-vaccination condition.



On the other hand, in response to the petition to the Blue House that he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia after vaccination, the health authorities said that there was little relation to the vaccine.



It is not medically correct that it occurs within a few months after receiving the vaccine, and it is difficult to find similar cases.



(Video coverage: Kim Hyun-sang, video editing: Park Ji-in, VJ: Oh Se-gwan, CG: Seo Seung-hyun)    



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