Menstruation is the cycle uterine bleeding which occurs at regular intervals during the reproductive period in women´s life.
During the active reproductive era menstruation occurs at approximately 2830 day intervals.
The clinical menifestation of menstruation in flow from the uterus, the mucosa of which. being shed off.
The uterus, however, has no endocrine function of its own, it function is entirely dependent upon physiologically active substances which are carried to the organ by the blood stream. These substances are hormones secreted by two endocrine organs, the ovary and the anterior lobe of the hypophysis, these hormones are the so called sex hormones.
These variations in hematological parameters are in good agreement with present knowledge: of the hormonal changes during menstrual cycle.
In a series of 30 blood samples were tested for Hemoglobin, W.B.C., Lymphocyte, Platelet, L.A.P. and the results plotted against a hormal menstrual cycle.
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