Studies Reveal Unexpected Vaginal Bleeding Rises After COVID Vaccination

Non-menstruating women were more likely to experience unexpected vaginal bleeding after receiving COVID-19 vaccinations, according to a new study.

Researchers suggested it could have been connected to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the vaccines. The study was published in Science Advances.

After vaccinations became widely available, many women reported heavier menstrual bleeding than normal. Researchers at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo examined the data, particularly among women who do not have periods, such as those who have been through menopause or are taking contraceptives.

The researchers used an ongoing population health survey called the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study, Nature reported. They examined more than 21,000 responses from postmenopausal, perimenopausal and non-menstruating premenopausal women. Some were on long-term hormonal contraceptives.

They learned that 252 postmenopausal women, 1,008 perimenopausal women and 924 premenopausal women reported having unexpected vaginal bleeding.

About half said the bleeding occurred within four weeks of the first or second shot or both. The risk of bleeding was up 3 to 5 times for premenopausal and perimenopausal women, and 2 to 3 times for postmenopausal women, the researchers found.

Postmenopausal bleeding is usually serious and can be a sign of cancer, Nature wrote. "Knowing a patient's vaccination status could put their bleeding incidence into context," said Kate Clancy, a biological anthropologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Sources: 
Sanderson, K. (2023, September 25). Covid vaccines linked to unexpected vaginal bleeding. Nature News. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02996-6#:~:text=Women%20who%20don’t%20menstruate,offered%2C%20a%20study1%20finds. 
Unexpected vaginal bleeding and covid-19 vaccination in ... - science. (n.d.-c). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg1391 

Article by medscape.com.

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