Half of women struggle to get help for menstrual health issues

A study from Yoppie, the pioneers of personalised menstrual health, has found that over a quarter of women suffer from menstrual health issues such as severe PMS symptoms, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or Endometriosis, but almost half of us are in the dark when it comes to how our menstrual health can impact our daily lives. 

The survey commissioned by Yoppie found that 27% of women suffer from a menstrual health issue in one for or another, with issues such as severe PMS symptoms, PCOS and Endometriosis having the most detrimental impact on our social lives, our relationships with our partners and our professional lives. 

Worryingly, almost half (48%) also stated that they hadn’t been able to get the medical help required to address their menstrual health issues, with just 37% using additional resources such as supplements or Femtech platforms to better manage their menstrual health. 

In addition, Yoppie’s research suggests that many women aren’t aware of how their period care can impact their menstrual health, as well how the varying stages of their cycle can impact their bodies. 

Just 38% consider how the period care products they use can affect their menstrual health, while only 17% stated they opt for organic products in order to bring about a menstrual health boost. 

Perhaps most surprisingly, 44% of women aren’t aware of the three different phases of their menstrual cycle and how they influence them during their day to day life, with 87% also believing that more could be done to better educate women on the subject of menstrual health at a younger age. 

Founder of Yoppie, Daniella Peri, commented:

“While menstrual health problems are common, getting the right help can be tricky and many women aren’t fully aware of the steps they can take to better manage their menstrual health in order to reduce the symptoms and suffering caused by issues such as severe PMS, PCOS or Endometriosis.

This is almost certainly due to the hush hush mentality around menstruation in modern day society with our periods, in particular, still very much viewed as a taboo subject.

There’s no one size fits all approach to managing our menstrual health and there’s certainly no one definitive solution when it comes to tackling menstrual health issues. But this is all the more reason that we need to better educate ourselves as the experts on our own body, while also improving the access and availability of resources that allow us to do so.”

Survey of 1,349 UK women carried out by Yoppie via consumer research platform Find Out Now (17th February 2022).