Cycle time is calculated from the first day of the last period to the first day of the new period

If you are not in the habit of marking the day of the start of your last period, you should start working.

That is, the date when your period starts is more important than you thought, because it can serve as an orientation to many health problems, but also to pregnancy planning, Telegrafi reports.

Here are some problems where the timing of your last period helps more than you might think.

You've done a breast self-examination and you're panicking

Your gynecologist, in addition to gynecological examinations, should also perform a manual examination of the breasts during the systematic examination.

So the questions related to the breasts and the glands that appear, you can also ask your gynecologist...

You have pain in your vagina

For that there are a number of causes, even the menstrual cycle can help a lot when it comes to determining the diagnosis.

If you feel pain while your period has stopped, your doctor can find out if you are pregnant and what is the exact cause of the pain.

But if you're not pregnant or haven't missed your period, it could be a sign of an ovarian cyst, which can be detected by ultrasound.

However, it could be something unrelated to gynecology.

The pain may be reflected in the pelvis, but it is related to some other part of the body.

You are planning a pregnancy

The dates of the menstrual cycle and the duration of menstruation in the last six months are very important if you are planning a pregnancy.

This is what your doctor will probably ask you, in order to help you determine your fertile days and therefore the best period in which you should try to conceive.

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