Covid vaccine trials didn't monitor menstrual changes. Researches say it's part of a bigger

     And since periods are often on our mind (until Menopause where among other benefits you have the glory of NO MORE BLEEDING!!!!), we wanted to address whether or not the COVID vaccine (AND for that matter, probably COVID illness itself) can alter the amount of bleeding.  Many of us as physicians anecdotally noted that more patients were calling with heavy bleeding with a TEMPORAL relation to when they got vaccinated.  This was not at ALL a surprise to ME as an OBGYN, as we receive dozens of calls EVERY week from patients with heavy/irregular bleeding and our evaluation includes (but is not limited to!!) POTENTIALLY a pelvic ultrasound to see the anatomy, POTENTIALLY hormone tests (ie thyroid and female hormones) to ensure all are normal, and THEN assuming all normal we OFTEN net out that bleeding changes could have been due to “stress, travel, weight loss/weight gain” and now many of us add to the list “timing of the COVID vaccine”.  Luckily, it does NOT confer any long term harm but MERELY reflects what many of us say, that our menstrual cycle is essentially a “vital sign” and this is signifying that you have undergone some immune changes (as is expected when a vaccine helps your body create antibodies).  What is STILL necessary is more data that INCLUDES female-specific information like INQUIRING about a woman’s menstrual cycle during ALL clinical studies.Click here to see the article.