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Menstrual cramps or Dysmenorrhea as its technically called has finally been ruled as painful as having a heart attack. After all the heart muscle is literally dying during a heart attack and the uterus is not dying during a period although it may feel like that.
Professor John Guilleaud from the University College London said menstrual cramping can be as bad as having a heart attack.
Do period cramps hurt as much as a heart attack. Period pains can hurt as much as having a heart attack according to researchers Credit. Getty - Contributor John Guillebaud Professor of. New research shows that period pains can hurt as much as heart attack.
John Guillebaud Professor of reproductive health at University College London told Quartz period pain can be as bad as having a heart attack. Even more interestingly he added that he believes the pain has been long overlooked because it doesnt affect men. Professor John Guilleaud from the University College London said menstrual cramping can be as bad as having a heart attack.
Dysmenorrhea the clinical term for painful periods. That certainly explains why a professors 2016 comments comparing menstrual cramps to the pain experienced during a heart attack have gotten so much attention. The quote was featured in an article on Quartz in which a professor of reproductive health at University College London John Guillebaud said that patients have described the cramping pain as almost as bad as having a heart.
John Guillebaud professor of reproductive health at University College London revealed this week that research shows period pain can be as bad as having a heart attack. A gynaecologist who writes a blog on popular womens health has recently explained in one of her blogs that why period cramps can hurt way more than a heart attack. Jen Gunter in her blog on womens health has said that the period cramps are often much more painful than heart attacks.
It would be dangerous for women to think that a heart attack should be at least as bad as their menstrual cramps. I get that is hard to wrap your brain around the idea that cramps are usually worse than a heart attack. After all the heart muscle is literally dying during a heart attack and the uterus is not dying during a period although it may feel like that.
These facts simply underscore the complexity of visceral pain. Doctors have finally started to acknowledge that period cramps are actually really painful with one even claiming they are almost on the same pain level as heart attacks. Gynaecologist Dr Jen Gunter argues that theyre actually more painful than heart attacks and we shouldnt compare the two things together.
People are finally talking about period pain something that we as a society still dont really understand or recognize. Period pain like much of womens reproductive health in general is under-researched misunderstood often swept under the carpet and shrouded in taboo. Menstrual cramps or Dysmenorrhea as its technically called has finally been ruled as painful as having a heart attack.
Professor of reproductive health at University College London John. It was true that Guillebaud told Quartz in February 2016 that patients have described the cramping pain as almost as bad as having a heart attack However the reproductive expert relayed. John Guillebaud professor of reproductive health at University College London tells Quartz that patients have described the cramping pain as almost as bad as having a heart attack Over the.
Period cramps are a serious ailment and doctors are now comparing the pain to a heart attack. Speaking with Quartz John Guillebaud professor of a reproductive health at University College London described period pain as almost as bad as having a heart attack And as those words left his mouth scores of women shouted FINALLY and What the fuck took you so. I remember being in labor and thinking I mean this is about as bad as a rough period the kind where I cant sit still and cant sleep because of the pain and might throw up.
Thankfully labor did something down there and now my period cramps are extremely mild. Yes leg cramps can be a sign pointing towards heart problems and heart attack. It has been found that when a person has leg cramps and leg pains there are chances that the same person will die within five years and the cause of death is mostly heart attack.