For BNS nursing by Samikshya Banjara CMC

2. Pseudomensturation

3. General Objective
• At the end of the session B.S.C 3rd year
students will be able to explain about
“Pseudomensturation”

4. Specific Objectives
• At the end of the session B.S.C. 3rd year
students will be able to:
- define pseudomensturation
- state the cause of pseudomensturation
- state the treatment of pseudomensturation

5. Pseudo-Mensturation
• A blood stained vaginal discharge,
occasionally seen to girl babies are known as
pseudo mensturation.
• The menstural like bleeding occurs in ¼ of the
female babies after 3-5 days of birth.

6. Causes
Withdrawal of estrogens which have passed into
fetal blood stream from the placenta.

7. Management
• Treatment does not require in this condition and
it disappears within 1 week after birth.
• Reassure the mother that this is normal
physiology.
• Advice to clean genitalia with wet clean cotton
cloth or cotton swabs.

8. Contd..
• Advice the mother and family to return for
care if signs and symptoms are worsen.
• If bleeding seems excessive, rule out the cause
as it may due to vitamin k deficiency or other
coagulopathy disorder.

9. References
• Levene, M. (1990). A textbook of Jolly’s disease of children (6th ed.). Noida:
Blackwell science (101-102)
• Gupte, S. (2011). The short textbook of pediatrics (11th ed.). New Delhi: Jaypee
brothers medical publishers (p) ltd. (129-131)
• Tuitui, R. (2007). Manual of Midwifery Postnatal(4th ed.). Kathmandu: Vidyarthi
Pustak Bhandar. (141-142)
• Dewan, P. (2022). Comprehensive Textbook of Child Health Nursing (1st ed.).
Kathmandu: Samiksha Publication Pvt.Ltd. (102)
• Prasai, D. (2018). Textbook of Midwifery Nursing Part III (1st ed.). Kathmandu:
Medhavi Publication (203-206)