Why should women not wear the uresta® pessary during menstruation?
Inserting and removing a pessary during menses would be messy and perhaps distasteful to some women. The pessary may also discolour and become rather unappealing. The uresta® pessary does not have drainage holes in it to allow for menstrual flow. It should be removed every few hours so that menstrual blood doesn’t build up and act as a potential focus for infection. Tampons work much like our pessary works and provide support to the urethra and prevent urine leakage. So, during menses women with SUI may find that they do not leak with the tampon in place. This is one of the reasons why our product was designed like a tampon in shape. When wearing a tampon all the time (outside of menses) there is a risk of infection with an absorbable product.
