endometriosis

Ahmedabad-based Jahnvi Trivedi spent 15 years paying visits to doctors to identify the cause of her chronic and crippling period pain. She was eventually diagnosed with endometriosis, which affects 176 million women across the world.

"Despite our gender, our bodies are not the same and so our experiences with periods are also not always the same"

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"Endometriosis is a disorder in which the tissue that lines the uterus referred to as endometrium tends to grow on the ovaries, bowel, rectum, vagina or pelvic lining. The presence of the additional tissues makes the periods significantly more painful than they usually are. Addressing this can help alleviate some of the pain."