ItHurts Ouch Files: Dysmenorrhea Edition Your Uterus Is a Tiny Drama Queen: A Survival Guide to Dysmenorrhea Dysmenorrhea refers to painful menstrual cramps caused by uterine contractions and inflammation. Symptoms … Continue reading “Your Uterus Is a Tiny Drama Queen: A Survival Guide to Dysmenorrhea (a.k.a. Period Pain That Deserves an Apology)”
ItHurts Ouch Files: Cervical Cancer Pain Edition Your Cervix Did Not Wake Up Choosing Violence — But Cervical Cancer Sure Did Cervical cancer–related pain may arise from the condition itself … Continue reading “Your Cervix Did Not Wake Up Choosing Violence — But Cervical Cancer Sure Did”
ItHurts Ouch Files: C-Section Scar Pain Edition Your C-Section Scar Is Not “Just a Scar.” It’s a Retired Battlefield That Still Has Opinions. C-section scar pain can result from healing … Continue reading “Your C-Section Scar Is Not “Just a Scar.” It’s a Retired Battlefield That Still Has Opinions.”
ItHurts Ouch Files: Breast Cancer Pain Edition When Your Chest Picks a Fight: Breast Cancer, Pain, and the Audacity of the Human Body Breast cancer–related pain can arise from the … Continue reading “When Your Chest Picks a Fight: Breast Cancer, Pain, and the Audacity of the Human Body”
ItHurts Ouch Files: Bartholin Cyst Edition Your Vagina Is Side-Eyeing You: A Sarcastic Survival Guide to Bartholin Cysts A Bartholin cyst occurs when a Bartholin gland becomes blocked, causing fluid … Continue reading “Your Vagina Is Side-Eyeing You: A Sarcastic Survival Guide to Bartholin Cysts”
ItHurts Ouch Files: Bartholin Abscess Edition The Lump, the Legend, the Absolute Audacity: Surviving a Bartholin Abscess A Bartholin abscess occurs when the Bartholin gland becomes blocked and infected, leading … Continue reading “The Lump, the Legend, the Absolute Audacity: Surviving a Bartholin Abscess”

