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1000 Points In New Born Care – Part 59

1. Adolescent children should be encouraged to use the tongue cleaner. It will remove the secretions at the upper portions of the tongue and keep the tongue fresh.
2. Female children will attain maturity between 10-13 years.
3. After maturity, facts about the menstruation should be explained to the children by parents.
4. Menstruation usually occurs once in 28-30 days and it will last 3-5 days. At that time there will be bleeding from the external genitalia, destructed internal coating of the uterus will come.
5. Menstruation will last till late forties and early fifties.
6. Menstrual cycle will be irregular for the first year after its commencement.
7. Before menstruation adolescent girls may have headache, feverish sensation, abdominal fullness, fullness of the breast, changes in appetite, frequency in passing urine.
8. Some adolescent girls will have anxiety, tension, irritability, frustration at the time of menstruation.
9. Some children will experience abdominal pain, low back pain, vomiting sensation, vomiting, fatigue, giddiness or fainting.
10. It is very essential to know about the hygienic aspect of menstrual period.