Endometriosis affects 1.5 million of those assigned female at birth - have you heard of it?

摘要

For too long, menstrual health conditions like endometriosis have been swept under the carpet, labeled "women's problems" and not talked about. The chronic, sometimes debilitating pain that many with endometriosis experience cannot be ignored any longer. Those in severe pain, vomiting or passing out due to pain, should not be told it's 'normal' period pain, they've got a low pain threshold, or they'll grow out of it. What is endometriosis? Endometriosis is a condition where cells similar to the ones in the lining of the womb grow elsewhere in the body, usually within the pelvic cavity. Each month these cells react to the menstrual cycle in the same way as those lining the womb, building up and then breaking down and bleeding. However, this blood has no way to escape. This leads to inflammation, pain, and the formation of scar tissue (adhesions).