The medical community on literally every female specific health issue ever: “very common condition” “no known cause” “no known cure” :))))))
What the fuck is tumblr? Like honestly what is this? Do you guys pull shit out of the inner most depths of your rectum and then just throw it on your keyboard and have it turn into a post???? This site is something else what the fuck is wrong with you people????!?!?
Endemetriosis
Vaginal Thrush
Menorrhagia
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Fibroids
Very common conditions, causes are unknown or only speculated, long term cures have not been found. Most can cause chronic pain or discomfort, all can seriously impact your quality of life.
Men are so damn privileged they can’t even imagine female bodies have different healthcare needs than theirs and that our healthcare needs are important even if they can’t be affected by one of these conditions.
Endometriosis causes excruciating pain and is a leading cause of infertility. Thrush is extremely
uncomfortable, and expensive to treat repeatedly; over-the-counter preparations rarely completely eradicate it. Menorrhagia, which I
have, makes you anæmic. PCOS causes hormonal symptoms that are socially
difficult (facial hair, acne, hair loss, weight gain). Fibroids are so common, and are often treated with a hysterectomy.
Add in fibromylgia, which affects 8x as many women as men, as well as lupus (and almost any other autoimmune condition), systemic exertion intolerance disorder (SEID), iron deficiency anæmia (all of which affect more women than men), and you have well over 25% of childbearing-age women globally living with chronic pain and tiredness.
Basically, this is a huge problem, and also one of the reasons I have been considering medical school.
Don’t forget that most pharmaceuticals go to market without ever having been tested on people with a uterus, lest someone get pregnant… seriously that is the whole rationale behind not testing >50% of the population. This has been legislated against in some countries, but still persists in the of majority drug development because of other regulations, and traditions and laziness. The use of a drug is of course monitored in the population after release, but the people “trying” it in this capacity get none of the insurance, close and regular medical examination or monetary benefit of essentially being in a late stage drug trial. Drugs that are pulled from market after release are sometimes done so on the basis that the dosage is just too high for females/afab people and this is, of course, after they’ve experienced the adverse affects.
This is why if you get pregnant your doctor will take you off basically any and all medication you’re taking (including mental health medication, can’t imagine any implications/dire consequences there), not because they know it will have an adverse affect on the foetus but because they have no idea. How wonderfully kind of them to prioritise the health and life of an unborn foetus over that of a living person, let’s just hope they don’t become ill whilst pregnant. How charmingly logical it is that they wouldn’t even bother to test drugs in people with a uterus because it’s all too difficult and gosh, darn what an ethical conundrum we’ve been faced with, let’s just not! Which is so in the spirit of capital S, Science!
Indeed, the issue is so severe that, in many cases, folks with uteruses are routinely told that their diseases and disorders are not, in fact, disorders at all, and are just a normal part of having a uterus.
Take menstrual cramps, for example. Everybody knows that cramps are a normal part of menstruation, and that virtually all people who menstruate experience them throughout their lives, right?
Except that’s not right at all.
Yes, it’s true that about two-thirds of individuals who menstruate begin to experience menstrual pain during adolescence, but it’s basically a side effect of puberty, and normally subsides by your late teens. Only about 20-40% of menstruating adults experience menstrual pain on a regular basis – and according to some estimates, as much as 80% of that figure is due to undiagnosed endometriosis or some other underlying medical condition.
Yeah, roll those numbers around in your head: if you’re an adult who experiences menstrual cramps, it’s overwhelmingly likely that your pain is a symptom of some potentially serious medical condition.
And yet we tell folks it’s just a normal thing that everybody has to deal with.
Bonus round: Look up PCOS and gender identity.
Then look up PCOS and diabetes.
Ok, to show how incredibly important this post fucking is, I just looked up endometriosis and I match just about every sympton, and it would explain not just my incredibly painful periods but many other things as well. I had no idea this existed.
Please, read this post and reblog this so others can learn.
I will reblog this every time because my cousin (a cis girl) went through seven years of pain without being taken seriously until SHE suggested it was endometriosis. And that’s not even unusual – that’s the average amount of time it takes between first symptoms and a diagnosis of endometriosis.
this just got me so mad and i’m not a social justice blogger but i have to answer this…imma try to be civil about this answer and it might get long cause i’m real tired of explaining this to everyone.
let me tell you a story. when i was about 7 i went to a summer camp in a white ass neighborhood. a summer camp with a pool. and being a black child with extremely kinky curly 4a hair, my mom put my hair in cornrows because going in the pool without a protective style would be extremely damaging to my hair and make it tougher to manage than it already was. so i went to camp with cornrows, and the second the counselor saw me she called my mother and told her i had to go home because cornrows weren’t permitted in that camp. now i didn’t know what the fuck was going on, all i knew was that there was something wrong with my hair and that my mom pulled me out of that camp and put me in another one.
now fast forward to now, where i’m sure there are still little girls getting kicked out of that camp for wearing cornrows. and imagine being a little girl sent home for wearing cornrows but then seeing on TV that cornrows are the new trend, or reading a magazine saying cornrows are the hot new style. the only difference between you and these white people wearing cornrows is the color of your skin. so what’s wrong with you wearing cornrows? it’s that you’re black. and black is wrong. and that’s what you learn as a little girl, you’re already learning that you’re flawed, lesser than all because of something you can’t change.
the thing with appropriation is that you’re taking a hairstyle that originated from africa, that originated from african people, a hairstyle that so many black people have to use to keep their hair manageable and you’re making it APPROPRIATE. but don’t get the wording fucked up, cause you’re not making it appropriate for us. because still, so many BLACK people are scrutinized and judged for these hairstyles. so many children are getting sent home from school, getting bullied in school for this hairstyle. so many adults are getting denied jobs because of this hairstyle. so when white people take this thing WE created that even WE cannot fucking wear, yes it’s offensive. when it’s seen as a trend in various magazines and websites yet WE are still being judged for it yes it’s offensive. WE were made to be uncomfortable with this hairstyle so, no, YOU people cannot take this from us and turn it around and make it something good only when you can wear it.
so yes, kylie jenner IS a little bitch ass and i don’t give a flying fuck if she wants to wear cornrows. if a whole group of people is offended by you wearing a hairstyle, the least you could do is take it out. if someone is just trying to educate you on what you did wrong, the least you could do is apologize and stop fucking appropriating. if our people are getting shot down in the street and killed, we’re all hurting and you can help ease our pain in the slightest bit by simply taking out a damn hairstyle, why the fuck won’t you? if a WHOLE group of POC is mad because you TOOK something from us, something we can’t even use ourselves, after we’ve already been stripped of HALF our fucking culture because HALF of us don’t even know where the fuck we come from, the least you could do is just take some fucking braids out.
i could give a rats ass if “no one should be held down by society”. because i am. my people are. and until i can say that that’s no longer true, i WILL continue to be angry about people stealing one of the few thing i can say is mine, and that’s my fucking culture.
for everyone who’s acting like they haven’t seen this post plus hundreds more who are asking about why justin wearing dreads is racist. pay fucking attention. we’re tired of explaining it. we’re not explaining it anymore.
if your stomach’s sensitive because of anxiety, by all means spread out the food you eat over the course of the day instead of having large meals, just don’t…not eat. you will go into hypoglycemic shock and that will suck.
By the way, symptoms include:
Shakiness.
Nervousness or anxiety.
Sweating, chills and clamminess.
Irritability or impatience.
Confusion, including delirium.
Rapid/fast heartbeat.
Lightheadedness or dizziness.
Hunger and nausea.
(because of the nausea, eating might not feel like the thing to do at first. I’d suggest drinking a coke or something.)
I’ve dealt with sugar crashes before and I’ve collapsed and whited out. I’ve had friends do it too. If you think you’re going into hypoglycemic shock, and if there’s anyone else near by, tell them you think it’s happening, even if you’re not prone or it’s never happened before. If your’e alone, make your way slowly to the kitchen/wherever you have food/drinks. The standard rule is to take in 15 oz of a sugary drink (orange juice and soda–not diet–are the best) and wait 15 minutes to see if it’s over, then keep doing that until your sugar is stabilized. Then you can eat. If you think you’re about to collapse, especially if you start to feel dizzy, sit down and lay down or lean against something. Don’t risk injury, it’s better to pass out while you’re laying down than it is to collapse and hurt yourself.
*points at this more educated person*
If you are having trouble eating please keep in mind the BRATY diet. Bananas, Rice, Apple sauce, Toast, and (sometimes) Yogurt. These foods have been shown to be harder to throw up. By no means should this be the primary diet, but this can assist in the between times when it’s harder to keep things down.
this was really helpful
As someone who has a super nervous stomach this is super useful!!
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