Incidence of cancer cervix is common among rural women than urbanites. The reason being as per my observational study from 1985 onwards is poor hygiene during the menstrual period by the womenfolk in villages. I have written an article on the same in the Science section of The Indian Express in the 1990s. I have made out how many diseases can be prevented by using sanitary napkins. I have advised all my women patients to use napkins and as per my analysis, no one in my care developed cancer cervix at any point in time.
They use the end of saree to cover the bleeding. They use cloths and reuse them after routine washing. They use cotton as a ball, like the tampons used in USA in the 1980s and reported Toxic Shock Syndrome in journals at that time and I read it while I was a postgraduate student. They use washed clothes by the washerwoman of the locality. Now that there is awareness…
