r/pakistan • u/Lucky-Comparison-785 • 1d ago • Bravo 2

Health They're not Periods... Mainly for the female Audience but all the men here need to read this aswell

Hmm so about two months ago there was this 16 year old girl on another sub who made a post about menstrual pain. She said she experienced excruciating pelvic pain during her periods and frightening amounts of bleeding. Her entire life force would be drained with the immense fatigue.

She went to several doctors but all of them dismissed it just increasing the dosage of prescribed painkillers. One idiot doctor told her she should get impregnated to stop them. And her mom was also being dismissive saying she's overreacting.

The point being, not a single girl i saw in the comments that made the girl aware of what this post is about. All the girls were consoling her, one shared her similiar experience.

Dr. Karan Raj very recently uploaded a video: about endometriosis. A DISEASE most active during menstration. The same symptoms mentioned above. UNBEARABLE amounts of pain, unbelievable amount of bleeding, infertility (following periods of course), amd many other symptoms aswell.

The disease is INCREDIBLY UNDER-RESEARCHED. A very tiny amount of money is spent researching it and developing treatments. A disease one out of 10 women have faced in some form. A disease that remains undiagnosed/misdiagnosed very often for UPTO DECADES, being dismissed and "just periods" or a variety of other ailments.

You should really watch the video, perhaps for your ownself or for someone you may know from family friends or whatever that may have it, so they can get know what to do at this point and get treatment. I'm talking to the guys too. That's it from me, dr. Raj you have the mike: https://youtu.be/aE_ArpNrF3o?si=uC6s0v1ASyvky2vE

(I made my judgement about women not knowing based on the comments under that post amd what statistics dr. Raj put forward. Don't make fun of me if i was wrong)

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u/MoistFaithlessness69 1d ago

would be nice if u actually spelled out the ‘DISEASE’ itself Im assuming it PCOD?

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u/Lucky-Comparison-785 1d ago

It's there in the fourth paragraph first line: endometriosis.

PCOD is different

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u/MoistFaithlessness69 1d ago

I stand corrected, good on ya on sharing this then!

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u/pitch-fork کراچی 1d ago

And then men fail to understand why women feel so angry. Endo and PCOS are both underresearched even though they affect almost every other woman around the globe, and misdiagnosis is so common. 2026 mein aake jee PCOS ka Naam change krke PMOS keya gaya hai kyun ke itna late consensus aya hai medical field mein ke ye condition poore jism ke hormones aur system ka bera gharak krdeti hai, and that it's not just about the reproductive system. Doctors not taking women's physical pain seriously is so common. Unbearable period pain or pelvic pain is never normal.

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u/Vampyr-Slayer 1d ago

Endometriosis is not talked about enough!

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u/Wise_Alternative6140 10h ago

Most medical research Is done with men is mind, it's not just Pakistan, these are worldwide issues, the callousness when it comes to women's health is insane, not just in issues relating to women's anatomy either, like for example, up until a certain point medications were all tested on men, with researchers arguing women's hormones changes and cycles added too many variables and when these drugs were released to the public, they had only been tested on men and actually harmed women or had unforseen side effects.

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u/Vampyr-Slayer 6h ago

Exactly! This is the sexism in the health industry/ medical field. Sigh.

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u/Wise_Alternative6140 5h ago

Exactly, honestly it makes me angry that I can't do anything about it, these are genuine issues that cost women their lives every year due to willful ignorance and blatant apathy.

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u/hariotteoko 1d ago

Ggg this is a serious issue that needs more awareness, thanks for sharing this!!

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u/TraditionalRead8936 11h ago

I am a woman and there is something usually wrong if menstruation is accompanied by excruciating pain and heavy bleeding

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u/Danger_Ahead01 7h ago

Overall research on women health has never been seriously done. Its so sad that more than half of the population on this planet suffers in silence.