#infradian

adj. Having a period of recurrence longer than a day; occurring less than once a day.

According to healthline.com there are 4 different types of biological rhythms wich are basically just like different types of internal clocks you body runs off of and they are

"circadian rhythms: the 24-hour cycle that includes physiological and behavioral rhythms like sleeping

diurnal rhythms: the circadian rhythm synced with day and night

ultradian rhythms: biological rhythms with a shorter period and higher frequency than circadian rhythms

infradian rhythms: biological rhythms that last more than 24 hours, such as a menstrual cycle"

Learning this i had a question on if and injury- or how a body recognizes a healing process would be considered a rhythm or if its more of a check in and go system where the body just monitors the situation constantly. I'm currently leaning towards the theory that it is not a rhythm- and indeed is just a step of routine checks and procedures the body does when it comes in contact with problems like scrapes and such.

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Buuuuuuuut- leta consider if it was a rhythm- it wouldn't be circadian or diurnal as it is not light or time sensitive so I am leaning towards ultradian or infradian. Ultradian as these routine checks happen frequently and happen often in the cases of scrapes and scabs- but infradian in the cases that most things do not heal over night especially in cases of fractures, springs, and breaks. So if it was a rhythm would injuries be split into different categories based on severity and the bodies ability to heal them over time?- and as you get older would this slowly shift some ultradian to infradian rhythms as celk regeneration slows and injuries take longer to heal?

Infradian rhythms occur for more than one day but less than one year. The menstrual cycle is an example of infradian rhythms in humans. The human menstrual cycle in women approximately lasts 29.5 days between the ages of 15 and 40, suggested by Binkley (1997). The cycle is governed by hormones, an endogenous mechanism. The endogenous can be affected by many external cues. Reinberg (1967)…