This Is Why Menstrual Pain Has Been Said To Be As Painful As A Heart Attack
- Ayo AL
- March 5, 2018
- Health
- doctors report that periods may be as painful as heart attacks, periods may be as painful as heart attacks
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This comes as good news to women who have suffered from painful periods and who have been mocked by men for being unnecessarily emotional and glum during their periods.
According to Professor of Reproductive Health at the University College London, John Guillebaud, painful period, Dysmenorrhea, as it’s technically called, has been ruled as painful as serious heart conditions, and he has told Quartz that cramps can be “almost as bad as having a heart attack.”
Guillebaud went on to say the issue has been overlooked because “Men don’t get it and it hasn’t been given the centrality it should have. I do believe it’s something that should be taken care of, like anything else in medicine.”
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And considering 80 per cent of women suffer from premenstrual symptoms, and for 50 per cent of those women the pain is so bad they seek treatment for them.
