What is a Menstrual Cup? Is it safe to use Menstrual Cup?

"Nowadays we get a lot of patients who are asking an alternative to a pad or a tampon and one of the alternative that has come into the market is a menstrual cup. Menstrual cup the advantage being, the availability in a reusable form. It is usually a funnel shape device that is made of a rubber or a silicon. The aim of a menstrual cup is to collect the blood. What was available in the past was a pad or a tampon. They was just absorbing the blood. So when a tampon was used, it not only absorbs the menstrual blood, it also absorbs the vaginal secretion, whereas the menstrual cup will absorb only the menstrual blood and being a reusable product it decreases the overall cost of the patient. It is much ecofriendly and the chances of infection are also minimal when used in the hygienic way"