When I told my gp I was concerned by my very heavy periods which was over a month (no stopping), as was about to travel, and it was so heavy using super adult diapers to just barely cope, he was dismissive and said ‘use a tampon’. A few weeks later I had to be taken by ambulance to emergency as was bleeding out (at work, how embarrassing). I nearly died from heavy periods. Turns out I have endometriosis cancer. All the symptoms I clearly communicated and I tick all the high risk criteria -and he didn’t even think to refer me to specialist to assess me for this. Ladies, you must advocate for your health.

@sarahmacintosh6449

26 күн бұрын

I hope you are getting through x

@Flutterbyby

23 күн бұрын

@@sarahmacintosh6449 thank you, I’m at peace with everything and looking forward to getting a hysterectomy in a few days. Happy to have been diagnosed early enough to be treated. Looking forward to having no periods 😂

@shadowsoulless6227

22 күн бұрын

So I've had inconsistent and heavy periods for about 20 years, it started about when my periods started in general, I have never in my life had normal menstrual cycles. My sister has all kinds of medical issues and always has her whole life, My parents weren't poor but they really didn't have wiggle room in their budget, we also didn't have health insurance around this time that started. I kept hearing my parents fight about bills and talk about my sister and her medical issues, so I just coped. Eventually in my adulthood I started working at a hospital, I had just gotten a lead position and was training someone. I had another hemorrhaging episode and lost a ton of blood, so much that it ended up soaking through the crotch of my scrubs and I just tried to clean it up the best I could. Eventually the girl I was training said that my lips were blue and she was kind of freaked out, My ears were ringing, My vision was blurry, I felt like I couldn't breathe, eventually after the charge nurse found out my blood pressure was in the 80s because she forced me to let her take it after seeing my blue lips, Well let's just say I had a fun little wheelchair ride down to the ER, had to have three units of blood pumped into me, several bags of iron, whenever I was considered more stable in the morning they threw me in the MRI machine, That was 45 minutes of hell, they found out I had a 13 cm (5-in) cyst on my ovary, My uterine lining was super thickened because I never went through normal cycles, so yeah my screwed up cycles and all that hemorrhaging I did over the years was caused by a cyst that I'd probably been growing on my ovary for close to 20 years..... But mine wasn't because I was ignored it was because I didn't tell anyone cuz I didn't want to cause more problems, I hit puberty generally around the time of the recession in the housing market crash so no one was doing very well financially in my area. When I told my mom what was up she was upset that I hadn't told her about it sooner and then I explained to her why I didn't and she felt bad. But hey in less than a week I'll be getting surgery to remove the damn thing so (the cyst not my mother lol). The only good thing to really come out of any of this is I'm finally going to get my sterilization surgery that I've wanted basically my whole life so I get a two-for-one special lol. Edit: The gynecologist doesn't think mine is cancer but she says there's a chance that it is so.... I may or may not have cancer so that's exciting......

@Himmiefan

22 күн бұрын

I hope you went to the licensing board about the doctor.

@Ardita777

20 күн бұрын

@@Flutterbyby What tests did they do to diagnose you with endo cancer? My CA 125 has been high for a while and I’m concerned but my doctor says that it could be because of endometriosis. But it can also be other things and I’m just so frustrated that no body cares to investigate this more.

Even obgyns treat women like crap. They don’t seem to want to do anything other than deliver babies. They treat women like they are silly and ridiculous when they bring up gyne issues. I have a fibroid and a DVT and can’t take any nsaids for pain. 2 doctors out of 10 doctors I saw even recognized that fibroids can cause pain. Everyone else treated me like I was ridiculous. A gastroenterologist told me to get a pelvic done because I “didn’t have a gi issue.” He cringed with what appeared to be disgust when talking about pelvics. I had a perforated bowel so he was an idiot. Also the man sticks cameras up peoples butts for a living…yet a pelvic is disgusting?

@Genesisorgin

6 күн бұрын

Thats so unprofessional of him

I'm fed up of being medically gaslit and dismissed. I've had to fight for tests, meds, ops, hrt etc. All proven to be correct and justified. It's exhausting and outrageous how little care and funding is given to women's health and their experiences of pain.

@shadowsoulless6227

22 күн бұрын

I think the only reason that I got to skip all of that was for the fact that I was actively bleeding out while I was at work and they took me down to the ER and I legitimately had to get blood transfusions..... When I explained to them why I was hemorrhaging blood they got me in an MRI and found the giant cyst on my ovary. So hey maybe me bleeding out at work got me fast tracked LOL

Thank you, thank you thank you for highlighting womens health. 20 year Endometriosis warrior. I have had full hysterectomy 8 years ago after many surgical and medical interventions. I was put on hrt and now the tiny patch left on my bowel is now causing pain and issues and has grown massively. Now going for bowel resection! Thank you for this we need more medical people talking about this.

this came at the right time as i just had my first pelvic exam today and it was the most traumatizing experience yet

@chibi-chibi97

26 күн бұрын

I’m so sorry hun 🫂

@shadowsoulless6227

22 күн бұрын

Oh I feel you, as someone that never went to the doctors has the age of like 11 or 12, I've recently had to go to tons of doctors because I was bleeding out at work cuz I have a cyst on my ovary that caused me to just hemorrhage blood to the point where I needed three units of blood and multiple iron infusions, I've had to go to a whole fun bunch of doctors and get my first pelvic exam and a transvaginal ultrasound and I've had lots of people stick their fingers and other tools just right up my cooter..... Also I'm a virgin so that just made it even funner because it felt extra uncomfortable..... My gynecologist asked me if I had ever had vaginal intercourse and I told her no and she kind of had a sad look on her face and said "Well this is probably going to be a bit uncomfortable" Well I don't know if it was exactly a sad look but it was kind of a look of I guess like pity? Like she knew it was going to be worse than if I wasn't a virgin because I'm not used to things being up there cuz I also don't use tampons. But yeah, doctors putting their hands on me for tests and putting stuff up my crotch for tests and getting stabbed a whole bunch of times for other tests (blood tests) whenever they scrape up in you to get a pap smear..... That was absolutely horrific. Like I had to describe to my boyfriend what it felt like cuz I was trying to explain how horrific it felt and I said "Well since you don't have a vagina, imagine somebody took steel wool on a stick stuck it up your butthole and scraped up inside" And he's just like "yeah that wouldn't be pleasant" and I'm just like "AND IT WAS NOT PLEASANT"

I have PCOS. It's been a nightmare.

I'm very lean bc I teach yoga and dance for my job. Because of this I was constantly dismissed by gynecologists for my pain with ovulation and menstruation. Even though I have little body fat I always get my period every 28 days or so and they always fucking suck. They tell me it is MY FAULT because I don't eat enough. They have ZERO idea what I eat because they do not live with me. I eat a lot of protein and healthy veggies, rice etc. It took YEARS to get a diagnosis. Horrible and abusive experience time and time again all based on what I look like.

@aputsiaq6070

26 күн бұрын

"chron's disease affects significantly fewer people than endometriosis" word.... so like why is the BEST option for us to be on continuous birth control then and not some form of a biologic?? like that's the best doctors can do? what if the woman wants to get pregnant, then the therapy for her disease prevents her from having this experience in life? and by the way IVF is an insane amount of money so then that woman is excluded based on her class...

@silverghostcat1924

26 күн бұрын

It's like the flip side of that, where obese women are told (whatever their health issue is) their weight is to blame. Obese men also have this problem with doctors.

@aputsiaq6070

26 күн бұрын

@@silverghostcat1924 yes exactly and everyone is different. there are people who have extra adipose tissue who are far healthier than those who have too little. we are all different so as providers they should be asking us questions not making assumptions!!

@The_Cloth_Surgeon

26 күн бұрын

Yep I had the mirror to this I was incredibly fit and Athletic but due to my PCOS I always carried extra weight, Drs were always telling me to just exercises more and eat less, I ended up with an ED, it would take me till I was 30 to get the PCOS diagnosis, but as a result of the ED I’m not at an increased risk of osteoporosis, have Hashimoto’s Dis., and non -diabetic reactive hypoglycaemia… because instead of actually looking into the pain I was told to exercise more and eat less.

@catpoke9557

3 күн бұрын

If you gained weight, they'd tell you that you need to lose weight and it'll fix it.

I had to get drunk to get through my periods, nothing else helped. Stage 4 endometriosis.

Aw yay! Dr. Gunter is a brilliantly supportive voice for women’s health. I’ve learned so much from her. Thanks so much for introducing her to your community!

Dr Karan, thank you from the bottom of my heart. as a woman. THANK YOU. THIS CONTENT IS WONDERFUL.

I am first generation Italian. We “cannot” can tomatoes while menstruating because we will spoil the tomatoes. 🤦🏽‍♀️

@tharanishri

27 күн бұрын

In south india(don't know about north) they don't "allow" girls who are on their periods to touch pickles saying it will spoil🙄

@mariasanchez-rp3kr

26 күн бұрын

I'm from Venezuela Here the hairdressers cannot cut hair if they are in their menstrual period.😅 And you can't bake cakes because they won't rise.

@PriyankitaPant

24 күн бұрын

@@tharanishriit’s the same in the north… although things are changing.

@toxic.forest

22 күн бұрын

I think ive heard my nonna say this as well

@nozibuzematwa8689

22 күн бұрын

@@mariasanchez-rp3kr first time hearing the cakes one😂

I didn't realize depression before your period was so uncommon. I'm much better now than I used to be. But a couple years ago, when my depression was at it's worse, I used to be afraid of getting my period because I would have suicidal thoughts during my pms. Now that I'm better I don't get those thoughts any more, however I still get depressed. I wonder if those symptoms will go away completely when I no longer have depression.

@oldmothergooseV2.0

26 күн бұрын

You might have PMDD, which I’ve been diagnosed with. Ask your doc ❤

@chibi-chibi97

26 күн бұрын

I suffer from PMDD, ask your GP about it! I never get a break from it, constant suicidal thoughts but they’re so much worse near and after a period

@liendiep3404

23 күн бұрын

Girl you’re not depressed, you have PMDD. If you only have a week of mental stability it’s pmdd. I too suffered until I was put on meds that made me stop my period for a year. And holy hell. That year was blissfully short.

I've heard horror stories about doctors not giving women adequate pain medication or even no medication for very painful procedures like inserting an IUD.

My sister just had a baby and I am going through menopause. I am shocked by the glaring contrast in care and medical assistance she has had and continues to have, yet I have struggled to get any help, despite that fact we are both women who are experiencing rapid shifts in hormones and bodily changes. Fuck the patriarchy!

Dr. Karan, I want to give a heartfelt thank you to you and Dr. Gunter. This was such an honest and refreshing piece on women’s health. I appreciate more than words can say the frank, exact language that does not strive to do anything besides address the grave issues at hand in the field of women’s health. Thank you both for taking the time to focus on the female body!!!

I got diagnosed with endometriosis last year when I had a huge bump in my lower abdomen and it was too late to consider non-surgical options to deal with the symptoms. I had been communicating clear symptoms for 21 years before that and consulted 7 different female gynecologists, none of which said anything but "wow, look at those cysts... they'll probably get reabsorbed", "well, periods just hurt" or "have you tried having sex with people with smaller penises?". When the diagnosis finally came the 3 doctors I consulted asked "why didn't you say you were in so much pain?" 😵‍💫

I used to be a figure skater. Nowhere near a professional but I was training 5-6 days a week 1-half hours. I know people who lost their periods. We were not professionals but being thin was framed as super important even to us. This is all a thousand times worse for professional figure skaters. The top figure skaters are all Russian or almost and the sport has devolved into a blood sport. Pro’s used to be able to do 5 seasons where they were at their highest level. Today the athletes are younger, getting your first period is dreaded most don’t make it past puberty that only hits at like 18 for them. Broken bones and permanent disability are a given. At best the current superstar gets three seasons. It’s horrific. EDs are encouraged, and girls weighed each day. It’s almost a given now then when your period starts for the first time your career is at its end. Woman’s single figure skating has demonized periods as the thing that destroys an athletes career instead of the natural thing that is. I stopped watching the big competitions because of the unwillingness to even talk about the world of harm is being caused. 18 used to be the young athletes now you are almost considered geriatric. There was this huge scandals during the Olympics because a young Russian super talent was potentially doping. She was 15 I think? That girl doesn’t even decide what she eats. She gets weighed each day and told of her weight fluctuates even 50g she is a fat lazy cow. All under the banner of if your weight switches to much you are unable to jump. If a change in weight of 70g because you ate one salad leaf too much causes you to fail at your jumps then it’s the thought technique not you. None the top figure skaters have periods at all and if they do they sure as hell aren’t healthy ones and in their eyes that’s worth bragging about.

@soonlet4977

26 күн бұрын

Horrific to learn, but thank you for speaking up.

@sunsinger970

26 күн бұрын

I don't mean to be unsympathetic but that's what happens when your sport is more aesthetically driven than about raw performance. That's also an issue that will only be solved when parents stop letting the creeps you call coach's be alone with their kids. Either aggressive government regulations or simply not allowing people under the age of eighteen to compete at all is your primary solution. Your sport is gonna have to die a painful death and be brought back for things to really get better.

@Emilchen_

26 күн бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@sunsinger970I don’t disagree to a point. My coach is a really great person but the idea of being thin was extremely pervasive und came from the students themselves and most of all their parents most of the time. She cared about us (feel comfortable saying that after training with her for 10 years) but being thin is so normalized it just becomes part of the language sadly The reason I specifically mentioned Russia is because they do it the worst by far. Other countries aren’t great but the culture of periods ruin your career, are the devil etc is largely driven by them. I can’t really express how famous these young girls are, celebrities in the country itself and around the world. Often the commentators are former trainers themselves with that mindset. People who watch the sports just kind of soak up all that awfulness passively. And even outside Russia a lot of the people doing the sports in other countries are born from Russian immigrants. The Russian government will never change their regulations until these teachings finally kill someone. It is highly profitable, a significant part of Russian pride and all that stuff I am German and here it’s a minority sport which struggles to get funding. Side point about the aesthetic. Those have actually become a background thing. What these young girls are famous for is quadruple jumps. As a woman they are almost impossible to do. Just physics wise. But they teach jumps: triple and quadruple with unsustainable teachings that your body can’t do after puberty. (I recently read someone who was training with this technique is now partially paralyzed and can’t move their body to one side anymore) The sports used to be much more sustainable when it was driven by aesthetic. Was it ever great and healthy when talking about weight no But since the focus became the A Grade (A is technical, B expression) the skaters are tiny little skeletons You can’t change until you admit you have a problem but it’s very uncomfortable to admit that you were cheering on horrible abusive training practices. No one wants to see themselves like that. My mother refused to debate with me about it. As horrible as it sounds until they kill someone this will continue because it’s entertaining, very cool to watch and uncomfortable to admit how damaging that is😅

@shadowsoulless6227

22 күн бұрын

It's really disgusting because if you don't have normal cycles it causes your bones to be brittle.....

@melissaskinner4501

14 күн бұрын

I was a ballet dancer is was exactly the same.

I would love to hear her speak on UTIs. I'm in the States and twice I've had UTIs where I was passing blood. Once I was out on antibiotics only to be told later that the Nitrites and Leukocytes weren't high enough to constitute a UTI or infection and to stop the antibiotics! I kept taking them and healed. I'm BOTH cases, one male doctor, one female(f gave antibiotics), I was told that I was probably just on my period! When I said that I wasn't, both doctors told me I probably was and didn't realize it!!! I now really hate doctors. They never listen, especially now a days, and the "fix" for everything is diet and exercise. Yes, preferable to meds, but if that healed and fixed everything, we wouldn't need meds and tests and doctors. People aren't as dumb as doctors want them to believe they are

@shadowsoulless6227

22 күн бұрын

But menstrual blood and urinary blood aren't the same blood though..... Like it's a different consistency it doesn't look the same..... Also it's super easy to disprove if it's period blood, you could just stick a tampon up there and then pee and if they're still blood wow look it's not coming out of the correct hole for it to be your period. I'm just saying there are ways to tell the difference these doctors are stupid

I honestly think the severe lack medical research on women mostly because of inconvenience, lack of interest and skeptism (due to reasons similar to thalidomide trial) than misogyny. I am hopeful the future women will receive much better healthcare. As for us, we need to watch such videos, stay informed and take charge to make sure we get the care that we need. I have accepted this as my reality and it has worked well so far.

This is one of my favorite episodes of the podcast! I appreciate Dr. Gunter’s efficient, thorough, and generous communication… it’s important for the general public to be aware of the aspects of the health industry that influence what research gets funded (learned a lot there!). Quite a bit of myth-busting as well. As a person with an educational background in social and health sciences, plus as a woman with undiagnosed and disabling symptoms (gyno and otherwise), Dr. Gunter expresses information with specificity that can have a solution-oriented impact. Wisdom can be gleaned from this video for both practitioners and patients (in bridging communication and conceptual gaps).

I know doctor that told me that while he was studying there were so much books and information about male medical conditions and about the penis, but not that much about women. And I understand, when I was 3yo they told my mom I couldn't be autistic because is a male only condition, took 40 years to get diagnosed!!!

@shadowsoulless6227

22 күн бұрын

"I'm sorry to tell you Margaret but your child here has a vagina so it is physically impossible for them to be autistic, male brains and female brains have absolutely nothing in common so they could never share a condition, I mean think about it Men know how to fix cars and women know how to cook turkeys they don't have the same brains" Sorry that's just how I imagined the doctor speaking

Great series! Thanks Doc

As far as research. Our questionnaires always have. “Pregnant, plan on getting pregnant , want children some day” etc. even if the study allows uteruses… the questions get women thinking “maybe this isn’t a good idea”. And tons of research… working ovaries is an absolute non starter. Nothing is more sacred…. Even at the expense of research.

You said it was coming and you delivered. Thank you ❤

Thank you so much for covering such a wide range of topics Dr Karan! And this particular topic really strikes a chord, I didn't exactly learn a lot but am so grateful that you are giving a voice to a woman on women's health. Menstruation remains a dirty word despite it being part of women's existence for many decades of their lives, which is such a shame really.

My two fave docs in one interview, amazing!!!

I’ve always felt so frustrated (and amused) at the ludicrous notion of being unclean when on my period according, to religion! And yeh, I’m one of millions of woman who’ve been directed to wait outside temples when visiting India. Luckily I’m not religious because I’d have to seriously question my beliefs!

@sweetmissirish

23 күн бұрын

It was used historically because of blood diseases (blood is still a bio hazard) and because it attracted predators... and because men don't do it.

@sweetmissirish

23 күн бұрын

Also, it was dirty - hygiene wasn't great back then. But these are no longer the case but medicine doesn't like to change.

Thank you sooo much for this 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Can we have a conversation of the side effects of birth control? My health improved after stopping using birth control. Mentally especially.

Great podcast. So informatve and clarifying. Thank you for making this video and holding space wor women's medical topics.

me pausing the video to see what my pets or kids are doing, turns out its her cat!!! LOL

She didn't have much to say about Endometriosis which is why i watched this interview and I'm not surprised it seems like no one really knows much about it. So many of us are struggling with it and want answers need answers it's so frustrating. P.s. Dr.Karan it was you who i heard from about the research being done in Japan on fusobacterium and i asked my doctor about it and he said he had heard of it but will check and get back to me and he came back with they can't even test for Fusobacterium here in Canada. Ugh...🤦‍♀️

@dodohateswater

21 күн бұрын

I've had some of the antibiotics used for this bacteria for other reasons. Never helped 😅 but the concept is very interesting

@Ardita777

20 күн бұрын

@@dodohateswater Interesting. You used these two antibiotics Metronidazole and Chloramphen? It was these two that were used. Based on the research it reduced the lesions on the mice and they are working on specific antibiotic and doing the trials on humans right now 🤷🏻‍♀️. I’m hoping something good will come out of this research as we are in so much pain and we deserve the truth what causes and how to treat it.

@dodohateswater

17 күн бұрын

@@Ardita777 not for me at all. Mine must have not bacterial endometriosis. I was diagnosed with stage 4, the endometriosis infiltrated my appendix (which i did feel an intermittent sharp pain), had i left it any longer it would have invaded my small/large intestines and would have needed gensurg involved in my surgery. But yes, I've had these antibiotics before this information came to light.

@Ardita777

17 күн бұрын

@@dodohateswater What tests did they do on you to discover that you have stage 4 endometriosis?

@dodohateswater

16 күн бұрын

@@Ardita777 Ultrasound and transvaginal ultrasound, but they don't give a definite diagnosis, it just showed symptoms of endometriosis such as "kissing ovaries", immovable uterus and my descending colon stuck to my uterus. I had laparoscopic surgery to confirm the staging and diagnosis endometriosis, everything they biopsied came back as endo. If you know anyone that sufferes from horrible period pain, and/or can't fall pregnant get them to get checked out.

It frustrating when you go to a doctor with issues regarding your uterus, menstrual cycle and they offer you birth controll pills (often without doing any further tests other than the basic check up). Even after you tell them that you have chronic health issues that can easily (and possibly permanent or longterm) go worse with hormonal changes. It can take time finding the right pills for your body too. Why risk your mental and physical health for months or longer, when ibuprofen gets you just by too.. Dont get me wrong, im not saying hormonal birth controll are bad. It can be really helpfull like mentioned in the Video. But for us who have conditions that can easily worsen by little hormonal changes, it's frustrating when doctors offer us anti baby pille as the only solution without any regards to our current bodies Anyway, great video!

@A---ti3zz

26 күн бұрын

I ended up getting a blood clot from the birth control they put me on for a fibroid. No one counseled me on that. I had no idea that would happen

@silverghostcat1924

26 күн бұрын

It's like it was mentioned birth control pills treat things other than preventing pregnancy.

Yes! Yes! So much disinformation exists around nutrition on the internet! Literally, my mom gets it so spot on because by some miracle she finds accurate information about it. Eating seasonally and balancing macro and micronutrients with a wide variety of different foods, and meeting your individual caloric needs, is good if you’re concerned with health. I have lost my period for months out of my twenties when I was unable to digest or even eat from how sick I was due to ulcerative colitis.

What a collaboration! Thank you both for educating people on women's health

I absolutely adore and appreciate Dr. Jen Gunter!!

@DrKaran

27 күн бұрын

She’s awesome!

@LLJerseyGirl

27 күн бұрын

@@DrKaran You are awesome too, which is why I follow you here and on IG! Thank you for great content…more importantly, REAL science-based information!

Women’s rights! 💪🏻

@capitalisa

26 күн бұрын

This woman is gaslighting women. She isn't championing women's health at all.

7:40 I’m so glad you mentioned the research has been focused on women and pregnancy, as a person with PCOS who has no interest in having children it is so utterly depressing that the majority of the research seems to be focused on getting women fertile enough to get knocked up rather than addressing the excruciating agony that is PCOS, here’s 20 different drugs that will make my eggs viable to be fertilised but very few of them fix the underlying issues address the pain and most of them come with other painful side affects… but hey you could get pregnant 🙄 The one are I somewhat disagree with is PCOS and Birth control and weight loss, ye birth control can improve PCOS symptoms, but in some patients it can make it worse (I’m the latter) Yes weight loss and exercise can help with PCOS symptoms but as someone who ended up with a starvation ED and was over exercising, it doesn’t always, I starved myself and over exercised because I was so desperate for the pain to go away… and it didn’t, but still the focus was on the weight , not the other symptoms, insulin resistance is also a symptom of PCOS, weight gain can be a symptom of PCOS, and sometimes a good diet and exercise isn’t enough.

@shadowsoulless6227

22 күн бұрын

I've got a 13 cm cyst on my ovary that's causing me to randomly hemorrhage blood, but I'm sure diet and exercise can fix it! Oh wait ...no, no it can't

@elinek5470

21 күн бұрын

What about trying magnesium in your (foot)bath? 😊

@The_Cloth_Surgeon

18 күн бұрын

@@elinek5470 I get you are trying to be helpful and I appreciate that, I’m sure a topical foot soaking might be nice and relaxing, it’s not going treat a chronic genetic condition, Regarding magnesium / potassium been on that for years (both dietary and supplementary), now there is some evidence that topically applying magnesium in a gel to an area experiencing muscular spasm can provide low level temporary relief to the area where it was applied, sticking your feet in a bucket is not going to provide relief to a person cystic ovaries As I said I know you’re trying to be nice… but suggesting easily debunked pseudo science is about as upsetting as being ignored by mainstream science.

@The_Cloth_Surgeon

3 күн бұрын

@@elinek5470 I can see you’re trying to help, and I appreciate that… and yes there is some evidence that increasing magnesium in your diet, and the topical application of magnesium to an area experiencing muscle cramp can help… But last time I checked my ovaries aren’t in my feet , I’m sure it might feel relaxing for some, but a foot bath is not a replacement for actual medical research, or treatment.

@The_Cloth_Surgeon

3 күн бұрын

@elinek5470 I can see you’re trying to help, and I appreciate that… and yes there is some evidence that increasing magnesium in your diet, and the topical application of magnesium to an area experiencing muscle cramp can help… But last time I checked my ovaries aren’t in my feet , I’m sure it might feel relaxing for some, but a foot bath is not a replacement for actual medical research, or treatment.

If stopping periods through diet is bad (which it obviously is), what if any risks are associated with stopping periods by means of birth control pills or hormonalIUDs?

I feel like my friends are constantly on their periods (because, technically, you only get three weeks period free) and they don't take the pill, even though one suffers with painful periods and one has PCOS, so her cycle is irregular, but she decided to come off the pill. Meanwhile, I'm over here taking active pills everyday and skipping periods because fuck that noise lol. The last doctor I saw said we'd need to begin weaning me off birth control as I'm 41. I think not, lady! My own doctor is really good about going with the flow and dealing with changes as I get there. I think birth control is the best thing ever invented. Don't listen to the haters.

A number of native tribes in the americas limit what ceremonies menstruating women can participate in.

Huge fan, thank you so much. Who knew a biggest nerd would be a surgeon.

@soonlet4977

26 күн бұрын

Nitpicking, but it's still crazy to me that we're suppose to be impressed that a nerd is associated with something prestigious like a surgeon? Come on now.

I mean a change in diet can help with certain things but it's not going to stop your period if you eat a certain food.....

Wow, that cat has a lot to say! 😹

Hi

How can probiotic live bacteria that you ingest end up in the vagina in the first place?

Lets be real here... kitty and springy are the real stars of this episode!!😂

It has FAILED EVERYONES HEALTH.....and it is not changing...the advice I get is ridiculous....😢😢

Women deserve better, and should be recognised as such

@DrKaran

27 күн бұрын

Yep

None of your chapters discuss Safe Period?

Hey, Cane Corso owner! Enjoy your drool-filled home! Great role model you are!

@silverghostcat1924

26 күн бұрын

You have nothing to add to the actual topic, so instead you offer up stupidity. Good show 👏🏻

@Jay-ho9io

23 күн бұрын

Beautiful dogs

@silverghostcat1924

23 күн бұрын

Yes he is. Wonderful dogs!

I highly suggest Jolene Brighton’s channel as well as The Period Repair Manual by Lara Briden. Some women have had high testosterone levels from drinking therefore causing PCOS and reversed it through hormonal balancing whether through diet or medication. Dairy is a terrible culprit to primary period cramps (high oestrogen too close to the period beginning, more prostaglandins, more pain) & I read somewhere about a breakthrough in endometriosis treatment via antibiotics. Share to save lives!!

@Himmiefan

22 күн бұрын

I used to have horrible period migraines until I switched to organic dairy with its lack of hormones. Problem solved.

This is why #sexmatters

I read your books..its fantastic.. Are you gonna more books .. Curious Mind wanna know :) I think biology is failing womans...i guess woman body is mystery? or still research not advanced enuf to understand woman body?

@Jay-ho9io

23 күн бұрын

Neither, it's just that it wasn't prioritized appropriately.

@rudranewaz6664

17 күн бұрын

​@@Jay-ho9io im reading a book called unwell women I think it's related to this video

I understand some of what she said.. She just seems somewhat misandrist, and *VERY* gung-ho on the 'sex while menstruating' points. I understand being a loving partner and ignoring it, but I also understand feeling very uncomfortable with having *blood* during sex. I don't feel like I should have to say that, but I'll say it's very off-putting in the sense that blood isn't just seen as 'dirty,' but terrifying. Anxiety, squeamishness, as well as alarm since you won't know if you're hurt yourself or your partner or not. Blood is absolutely dirty, too. It's one of the biggest infection vectors period.. But between two healthy partners it would cause minimal issue. It's partner preference at that point..

There's almost no research on menopause, and doctors will just shove more hormones at women when they have hotflashes, etc. even though there are no long-term studies saying this is safe. The body drops those hormone levels for a reason!

i personally think we should be working toward the development of an artificial womb so no no one has to experience pregnancy and face those risks. We would still need to stimulate lactation once the baby is born, but anyone who doesn't want to be pregnant, or wants kids but can't carry one to term, can use an artificial process.

In Chinese medicine we say to not have sex during your period or to go swimming/ take a bath because it causes health issues. Which I believe has led to my endometriosis. Because I did all of the above and my period pain just got worse and worse. I wish I didn’t go swimming on my period. I wish I listened to my mother.

@Jay-ho9io

23 күн бұрын

Only nothing has ever proven that any of those things cause any thing like that. And there are literally millions of women that have done all three of those things and never had any pain. I am terribly sorry you are suffering through endometriosis. You don't need to be shamed about any decisions you made during your menstruation as having caused that though. They did not.

@liendiep3404

23 күн бұрын

@@Jay-ho9io did they not state this in the beginning “medical science has failed women” because of the lack of study they have done?? And endometriosis wasn’t even taken seriously up until recent years. It’s never been studied. But yet drs always tell you “lots of women have it. Not everyone suffers from it”.

@Jay-ho9io

22 күн бұрын

@@liendiep3404 that collection of sentences is not an argument that any specific behavior by a woman during her menstruation results in a particular outcome. You do not have a study that proves that. You have a collection of observations (which both can and cannot be valid) alongside long-term cultural mythologies, experiential observations passed down for mother to daughter (which again, can be accurate or might not be accurate) and a laundry list of taboos, some of which may be protective and many of which are just purely bigoted/misogynistic. There's no filtering method applied through which you can figure out what's accurate and what's not. There is no such thing as Western science or Eastern science. Caucasians do not get to own, Europeans didn't invent, the scientific method. Everyone gets the benefit from it and no one gets to pretend that they are the sole culture that owns it. But there is good data and there is unfiltered data. We can recognize that women's health has never received the amount of study it should, without supporting a collection of observations, mythologies and guesses as a replacement for good study.

Well, I was really interested in this until the first words spoken were political quackery.

@sweetmissirish

23 күн бұрын

Ya. What do politics have to do with periods, and why medicine doesn't like to research women's issues?

@Jay-ho9io

23 күн бұрын

What about those specific first words were allegedly quackery?

@RockinTheBassGuitar

22 күн бұрын

@@Jay-ho9io Talking about "right wing" attacking women's right is nothing but political fear mongering hysteria. It is deliberately charged language with no nuance, therefore I call it quackery.

@eleabolar

20 күн бұрын

Terribly sorry to disappoint you, but women’s bodies are unfortunately inherently political. We don’t like it either! Everything is political.

I'm sorry but she is not 100% on our side !! I LOVED your questions but she really didn't answer them well. I ever got 'female' sick I'd pray to have you hear not her ... not to say she is bad but i'd trust you more because you are less brainwashed

@chibi-chibi97

26 күн бұрын

Brainwashed about what sorry? Just a curious question!

@Jay-ho9io

23 күн бұрын

You didn't provide a single specific.

@lesliedavis4366

22 күн бұрын

It’s clear she’s biased. Feminist and left leaning because she criticized “conservative/right/traditionalist” and called their information “mis-information”. I did not hear her say something to give space to “the other side’s concerns”. She also did not mention the social impact of low birth rates and the continued sustainment of population, the inversion of older people not having enough younger people alive to continue the society. She did not mention side effects of women using abortions as birth control. She merely pointed out how much more money women make by not having children. Her bias did not really address the beauty of women being able to give life, even with the health side effects that can occur during trauma deliveries or the disregard of medical care providers who dismiss women in labor in the ERs, or there not being enough birthing centers nationwide or enough women education for healthy pregnancies and rights/options for delivery. Or Anything for maternity/paternity leave. Her bias did not encompass all sides of women life opportunities. To have health, families, and careers. She is not someone I would look up and listen to further.

@eleabolar

20 күн бұрын

There is 0 reason to acknowledge blatant misinformation when handling a two sided narrative. Her job on this episode was to address the failures of the medical field as they pertain to women’s health, not to discuss the thousand roving threads of OB/GYN work and the beauty of life. “Looking at both sides” does not mean “giving credibility to both sides”. Women being left out of the medical narrative is entirely due to misogyny. Yes, even when it’s finance-based. Even when it’s due to disinterest and/or fear of more difficult physical changes to manage during research. Dr. Karan’s entire page is somewhat left leaning as well, so it’s not shocking he’s invited someone who can speak from a somewhat equal perspective as he regularly does.

Very disappointed in this interview. Very.

@chibi-chibi97

26 күн бұрын

How so? I’m curious to know

@Jay-ho9io

23 күн бұрын

About what specifically?

@Himmiefan

22 күн бұрын

It's suspicious when no details are given.