According to Good, if your period pain feels ‘As Bad As a Heart Attack’, you’re not imagining it.

Some women have pain during their period that are almost unbearable. Medical experts have been discussing this issue and they assure you that some women during their menstruation, experience pain almost as bad as a heart attack pain can be. Although this pain can be sometimes misdiagnosed, such a high level of pain may indicate that you might be suffering of endometriosis.

Unfortunately, this is a medical condition that can not be treated easily. This problem does not go away by simply taking some common painkillers. Endometriosis cause women to experience dysmenorrhea, the medical term for painful menstruation, and it can actually cause infertility if it’s not treated properly. Although research has been evolving on this subject, doctors still often misdiagnose it, or dismiss the pain entirely.

Millions of women suffer with endometriosis, and recently several celebrities have come together to share their experiences and try to spread awareness about the disease. Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Halsey, Lena Dunham, Padma Lakshmi, Jillian Michael or Dolly Parton are some of the most well known faces fighting this disease.

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