And in other news, water is wet
Not like women have been telling y’all this since the beginning of time or anything.
I mean, yeah, at one point three years ago I was curled up in a fetal position literally screaming/crying/gasping for breath on my bed in my dorm room, so my response to this headline is basically, “No shit.”
No wonder women are so likely to ignore heart disease/attack symptoms. If something isn’t as bad as my cramps, I figure it can’t be that bad.
THAT LAST COMMENT
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No seriously. There aren’t enough people who understand how important that last comment is. I lost my right kidney four years ago because of “if something isn’t as bad as my cramps, I figure it can’t be that bad.”
My. Fucking. Kidney.
Don’t force people with periods to internalize and silence themselves when they have cramps!
People die from their appendix bursting all the time because of this!!!!!!
THEY AREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE.
Listen up, people with uteruses: if you are in serious pain during your period, something is medically wrong and you need to see a doctor. You should be, at worst, in moderate discomfort. The sort of thing where you don’t particularly want to do too much, but you’re OK if you have to. If you are in debilitating pain, SEE A DOCTOR. (And, for those worried about it, a lot of cramp-worsening ailments can be diagnosed without a pelvic exam. It’s usually questions about exactly what kind of pain and what makes it worse, an exam that consists of lightly pressing on various parts of your lower stomach, and possibly an ultrasound.)
Doctors Are Now Saying That Menstrual Cramps Can Be as Painful as Having a Heart Attack
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