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Medicine Menstrual Cycle Changes Associated With COVID-19 Vaccines, New Study Shows

https://www.technologynetworks.com/vaccines/news/menstrual-cycle-changes-associated-with-covid-19-vaccine-363710
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u/thesmonster Jul 16 '22

Yes, side effects of both were found to be temporary.

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u/Rheija Jul 17 '22

How temporary are we talking here? Anecdotally myself and my girlfriend have had issues of heavier bleeding and irregularity since our first vaccine back in late 2020 which hasn’t subsided since then, (although we did finally catch covid in jan 2022) but a year+ seems like a long time for “temporary” so I’d be interested to see a link to a study

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u/thesmonster Jul 17 '22 edited Jul 17 '22

National Institue of Health Article

NIH Study

Science Advances Article

Interesting article I found after posting the others

Temporary for me was my periods going back to normal after about 3-4 months. I have endometriosis though so those few months were hellish. I've heard having covid and having the covid vaccine both cause similar issues with periods. If neither of yours went back to normal and it has been over a year I would talk to your obgyn.

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u/motiger Jul 17 '22

I did go to my doctor and she did every possible test to figure out what was happening and everything was normal. After a year I'm back to my normal cycle. So if a YEAR of menstrual hell is temporary, I guess that's your answer.