To find out prevalence of menstrual morbidities and to study health seeking behavior of women living in slums of Ujjain city. Cross sectional study was carried out using structured questionnaire to interview 339 sampled populations of women living in slums of Ujjain city for perceived menstrual morbidities and health seeking behavior. Study participants were compared for their socio demographic characteristics. Prevalence of menstrual morbidity was 81.7% (CI at 95%: 78-86) and was significantly higher among illiterate (P<0.05) and working women (P<0.001).The commonest morbidity was dysmenorrhea (91.7%). Only 48 (17.3%) sought health care for menstrual complaints and majority sought health care from private providers. Burden of menstrual morbidity is very high in the study population but health care seeking is very poor and need to be intervened.
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