Endometriosis and menstrual health

Respond to both posts below, including in-text citations and reference list at the end, least 1 reference per post to enhance the original post and share new information. _______________________________________________________________ Reply to Jeni, During Chapter 2: Periods, Hazard writes, she is bleeding, but privately; she smiles, but silently. This sentence really resonated with me as a woman with endometriosis since it causes so much pain, yet you must act like everything is fine. Like Hazard describes, periods tend to be a shameful thing that women must hide even though they can be debilitating for some people. Its hard to believe that its not general knowledge that menstrual blood is something that could be a potential resource for helping with womens health issues, rather than to be ashamed of. I did not know that it was more than just blood and had never even thought about exactly what it consisted of before. When I read about the ROSE concept that Dr. Christine Martinez runs, I thought it was so fascinating and intuitive. It could help so many women who have endometriosis, since the current methods for diagnosing it are invasive. It would be nice for it to not take many years to get a diagnosis or not have to have surgery. Living in a world full of patriarchy, it is unsurprising that the sperm gets the credit for making a baby, when in reality the uterus also plays an active role in fertilization. _______________________________________________________________Reply to Kara Hi Jeni, I’m sorry you’ve had to suffer in silence with endometriosis. Hopefully, the rise in awareness, especially with more women talking about their experiences on social media, will allow you and others to feel more comfortable being outspoken about the pain you’re experiencing. Anyways, I also found the ROSE study very interesting, and I found an article about a test created by Next-Gen Tech that looks like and works as simply as a pregnancy test to detect endometriosis using menstrual effluent. Here is the article if that interests you: to an external site. And here is the super technical study behind how they created the test: to an external site.