Menstrual Hygiene Day Menstrual Hygiene Day Menstrual Hygiene Day (MHD, MH Day in short) is an annual awareness day on May 28 to highlight the importance of good menstrual hygiene management (MHM). It was initiated by the German-based NGO WASH United in 2014 and aims to benefit women and girls worldwide. The 28th was selected to acknowledge that 28 days is the average length of the menstrual cycle. In low-income countries, girls’ choices of menstrual hygiene materials are often limited by the costs, availability and social norms. Adequate sanitation facilities and access to feminine hygiene products are one part of the solution. Creating
Menstrual psychosis Menstrual psychosis Menstrual psychosis is a debated form of psychosis with a brief, sudden onset related to the menstrual cycle. The symptoms associated to it are dramatic and may include delirium, mania or mutism. Most psychiatrists do not recognise the condition. Only 80 established cases are reported in medical literature and most of them were described by 19th century physicians. There is evidence to suggest that it may be linked to postpartum psychosis. Menstrual psychosis is a rare form of severe mental illness, with the following characteristics: It shares clinical features with, and presents similarly to, postpartum psychosis. Researchers Deuchar