乐生活Today I saw a study investigating dysmenorrhea in young women under 25 years of age.
Public health scholars at the University of Western Sydney conducted a meta-analysis of more than 20,000 samples to investigate the impact of dysmenorrhea on women. Data show that about 71% of women worldwide suffer from dysmenorrhea, of which 1/5 have missed classes because of dysmenorrhea, and more than 40% have suffered from dysmenorrhea affecting classroom performance and attention.
In this way, dysmenorrhea is actually quite common and causes serious problems (especially in underdeveloped areas).
However, researchers have found other problems in data from different sources in different countries, which are about individual reports and perceptions of pain. The rates and severity of dysmenorrhea are similar in data from medical institutions worldwide; however, in various surveys and observational studies, the data in some regions are very unstable.
For example, in many cultures, talking about menstruation is a taboo, and naturally women consciously do not talk about the pain; or think that the pain is "need to be tolerated" even if it is too painful to persist.
In addition, quite a lot of data do not provide a definition of dysmenorrhea, as well as "how much pain is dysmenorrhea" and "how much pain is". Although pain is very subjective, there are still scales to measure it, such as whether pain affects daily activities, whether it affects sleep, and so on. However, only three of the 38 survey data analyzed provided objective scales. Many studies on dysmenorrhea do not provide a measurement basis at all. In other words, people’s understanding of dysmenorrhea is far less than that of other pain or diseases.
Researchers have shown that some degree of "neglect" of dysmenorrhea, as well as cultural taboos, makes women less inclined to seek help; many women will think that dysmenorrhea is a "tolerance is over" thing, and is their own private matter; and work and education institutions, do not provide appropriate help.
(There are even all kinds of rumors about what’s painless when a child is born… What’s in a mess?!
Personally, I don’t suffer from dysmenorrhea very much, but I’ve also seen a situation where dysmenorrhea is so serious that my face turns pale. But many girls choose to suffer in silence without knowing what’s useful (NSAIDs are similar to ibuprofen) or what’s just a placebo (brown sugar water, hot water, chocolate). Females with dysmenorrhea are not in the minority.
Researchers recommend that educational institutions should pay more attention to dysmenorrhea and provide female students with painkillers with informed consent.
At the other extreme, the myth of "menstrual leave" is nonsense. Not all women experience severe dysmenorrhea requiring vacation. As long as the degree of pain does not belong to endometriosis, it can also be overcome by various conventional OTC medical means. The adjustment of "dysmenorrhea is the unavoidable weakness of women" is also a manifestation of lack of understanding and care for women.
As for male compatriots… In fact, I silently feel that after menstruation, girls stuck on painkillers and used cotton sliver, should eat and drink, and then male compatriots simply "do not need to do" is the real manifestation of social progress ah… But as you can see, before the day of social progress comes, make-up classes should still be needed. Come on.
