Examining the effect of COVID-19 vaccines on the menstrual cycle: A study from Turkey
İzzettin Toktaş, Hakan Akelma, Eşref Araç · 2023
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Izzettin Toktaş and co-authors survey Turkish women on whether COVID vaccination disturbed their menstrual cycles. Media reports had seeded worry about a link, and earlier studies hinted at real changes. The team gathers accounts from hundreds of women through an online questionnaire in late summer twenty twenty one.
Their 2023 study finds more than half the respondents reporting some change after vaccination. Delayed periods and longer bleeding lead the list, with heavier flow and early periods also named. The shifts appeared across the two vaccine brands in use, one given in two doses and the other in three. The authors present the survey as a signal worth tracking in larger, record-based studies rather than a settled verdict.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | İzzettin Toktaş, Hakan Akelma, Eşref Araç |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |