A STUDY ON THE INFLUENTIAL FACTORS ON THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRACTICES IN ADOLESCENTS.

This manuscript reviews the literature concerning the awareness of menstrual hygiene practices among adolescents. Onset of menarche marked as a fearful and shocking phase among adolescents. This fear is generated because of the lack of knowledge among young girls. Many findings show that in their early stages of menarche females were not able to explore from which part of their genital areas they were bleeding. Many of the studies showed that girls were scared and confused when they first saw the blood and many girls complains about the heavy bleeding and unbearable abdominal pains. From the study it is shown that many restrictions were imposed on the girls like not eating specific food during menstruation.