{"id":127274,"date":"2015-11-13T20:29:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T20:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/11\/13\/northray-nyxetoile-prokopetz-feminerds\/"},"modified":"2015-11-13T20:29:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T20:29:24","slug":"northray-nyxetoile-prokopetz-feminerds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/11\/13\/northray-nyxetoile-prokopetz-feminerds\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

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nyxetoile<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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prokopetz<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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feminerds<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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hyggehaven<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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witwitch<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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sweetpotatodotcom<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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newtonssidekick<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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sweetpotatodotcom<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The medical community on literally every female specific health issue ever: \u201cvery common condition\u201d \u201cno known cause\u201d \u201cno known cure\u201d :))))))<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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????!?!?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Endemetriosis<\/p>\n

Vaginal Thrush<\/p>\n

Menorrhagia<\/p>\n

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome<\/p>\n

Fibroids<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Men are so damn privileged they can\u2019t even imagine female bodies have different healthcare needs than theirs and that our healthcare needs are important even if they can\u2019t be affected by one of these conditions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Endometriosis causes excruciating pain and is a leading cause of infertility. Thrush is extremely<\/i>
\n uncomfortable, and expensive to treat repeatedly; over-the-counter preparations rarely completely eradicate it. Menorrhagia, which I
\nhave, makes you an\u00e6mic. PCOS causes hormonal symptoms that are socially
\ndifficult (facial hair, acne, hair loss, weight gain). Fibroids are so common<\/i>, and are often treated with a hysterectomy. <\/p>\n

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 an\u00e6mia (all of which affect more women than men<\/a>), and you have well over 25% of childbearing-age women globally living with chronic pain and tiredness.<\/p>\n

Chronic pain is overwhelmingly experienced by women, and women are less likely to be taken seriously or given treatment by medical professionals<\/a>. I went through two years of diagnostics to finally find out I had occipital neuralgia; I felt doubted when I described my pain at every step of the way, but was lucky to have a partner who was persistent in helping me get treatment.<\/p>\n

Basically, this is a huge problem<\/i>, and also one of the reasons I have been considering medical school.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Don\u2019t forget that most pharmaceuticals go to market without ever having been tested on people with a uterus<\/b>, lest someone get pregnant\u2026 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 \u201ctrying\u201d it in this capacity get none of the insurance, close and regular medical examination or\u00a0monetary\u00a0benefit of essentially being in a late stage\u00a0drug trial.<\/b> 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\u2019ve experienced the adverse affects.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is why if you get pregnant your doctor will take you off basically any and all medication you\u2019re taking (including mental health medication, can\u2019t 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. <\/b>How wonderfully kind of them to prioritise the health and life of an unborn foetus over that of a living person, let\u2019s just hope they don\u2019t become ill whilst pregnant. How charmingly logical it is that they wouldn\u2019t even bother to test drugs in people with a uterus because it\u2019s all too difficult and gosh, darn what an ethical conundrum we\u2019ve been faced with, let\u2019s just not! Which is so in the spirit of capital S, Science! \u00a0<\/p>\n

Sources: Nature<\/a>, Nature<\/a>, Medscape<\/a>, Biomedcentral<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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?<\/p>\n

Except that\u2019s not right at all.<\/p>\n

Yes, it\u2019s true that about two-thirds of individuals who menstruate begin to experience menstrual pain during adolescence, but it\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Yeah, roll those numbers around in your head: if you\u2019re an adult who experiences menstrual cramps, it\u2019s overwhelmingly<\/b> likely that your pain is a symptom of some potentially serious medical condition.<\/p>\n

And yet we tell folks it\u2019s just a normal thing that everybody has to deal with.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Happens with things that are just more common in women. Auto-immune disorders effect women more than men. Are very common. There\u2019s speculation on causes but why certain people get them and what causes flare ups is unknown. And, of course, no cures.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I found this with anemia. I have been desperately, seriously anemic for decades, but my doctors always waved a hand at it like,\u00a0\u201cOh, well, you\u2019re a girl. You\u2019re going to be anemic.\u201d I have heart palpitations. I\u2019ve had blackouts, breathing problems, bowel problems and most days I am so tired I can barely stay awake at work in the afternoon\u2013and the iron pills aren\u2019t having any impact. And, for the first time in my life, I am now on meds for anxiety. All of these symptoms, I have now discovered thanks to a doctor who actually gives a fuck (and he\u2019s male), can be directly traced to anemia. How many women are walking around with this shit, on meds for symptoms<\/b> of something doctors refuse to treat because it\u2019s\u00a0\u201cnormal?\u201d I am finally being sent for an iron infusion. My doc also sent me to a women\u2019s clinic because he didn\u2019t think the\u00a0\u201cheavy periods\u201d explanation previous docs have always given for the anemia was good enough. He doesn\u2019t think women should suffer periods like that\u2013at least not without making sure it is not a symptom of something more serious. I cannot tell you what a revelation this is.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

northray: nyxetoile: prokopetz: feminerds: hyggehaven: witwitch: sweetpotatodotcom: newtonssidekick: sweetpotatodotcom: The medical community on literally every female specific health issue ever: \u201cvery common condition\u201d \u201cno known cause\u201d \u201cno known cure\u201d :)))))) 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 … <\/p>\n

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