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Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) –– what is it and how to deal with it?
Have you heard of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)? No, it’s not the same as premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Some say that PMDD is a black sheep in the menstrual family. The bad sister of PMS. We don’t know much about it but those who deal with it have been to hell and back. Others, in turn, try not to demonise PMDD, embracing its presence as being part of them. The part which craves attention uniquely loud and on multiple levels.
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- Cezary Polak
Why do humans menstruate and do animals have periods too?
February 1, 2021
What do monkeys, some bats, and women have in common? Period. Bad joke? Not exactly. Hop in on a journey through the world of biological hypotheses related to menstruation. We’ll ask “Why?” until we find a sensible answer :)
- lek. Karolina Rasoul-PelińskaGinekolog
Endometriosis — does it have to hurt so much?
January 29, 2021
Endometriosis — a “topical” subject among women these days. I was wondering why the other day. I’ve come up with an idea that in the past (and very often also today) if a woman was in pain, then everything was alright — either because of menstruation, ovulation, or changes in the cycle. We’re living in the 21st century, we go to the Moon, anyone can have a drone in their house, surgeries are performed by robots which are not even in the same country as the patient — why should we then allow for the pain?
- Paulina Pomaska
Pregnancy — who asks the way goes astray
January 29, 2021
“Are you pregnant?!” Ye, who’s never asked that question may first cast a stone. I have. Many times. Until one day I realised that it’s like tiptoeing on thin ice which covers a vast ocean of people’s drama.
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