What You Weren’t Told About Period Pain - Dr Karen Tang

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“A lot of women's health stuff - there's no easy diagnosis. So very, very often women's health things end up getting put into, you have fibromyalgia, you're a hypochondriac, or something like irritable bowel syndrome.” -Dr Karen Tang
Dr Karen Tang is a gynaecologist who specialises in the treatment of pelvic pain, endometriosis and fibroids. She also does a great service educating the public on social media, raising awareness of women’s health issues.
In this episode, I ask Karen how people can figure out what’s causing their pelvic pain, what surprising habits may be causing problems, how patients can better advocate for themselves, and how she’d reimagine sex ed.
Stay tuned to find out:
- Why “stabbing butthole pain” has gone viral, and what it actually is
- Why endometriosis is so commonly misdiagnosed as IBS
- How female anatomy, especially the uterus, does NOT look like it does in the textbooks
- Why we should teach children the proper names for their reproductive organs
- Why you should get a pelvic floor PT!
Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:24 Stabbing butthole pain
4:36 Endometriosis - more than a pelvic condition
6:43 Endo vs IBS
8:45 How much pain is too much?
10:38 The link between gynaecological conditions
13:20 Being proactive about your health
16:14 How to advocate for yourself at the doctor’s
21:56 Actionable tips for perimenopause/menopause
26:04 How to take care of your pelvic floor health
31:36 What the uterus actually looks like
34:49 Reimagining sex sed
36:53 Teaching children about sexual health
38:26 The plague of misinformation
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@MJ-ed2xx 18 дней назад

The "normal" vs "not normal" problem with gynecological issues is so true. Even with pregnancy, I remember the doctor's face when I told her I'd been managing morning sickness by sleeping 14 hours a day, and that meant I could keep down almost half of what I ate and drank. Everyone said it was horrible, so I thought that was what they meant. She looked at me and spoke slowly, "You know that's not normal, right?" Nope, I did not know that. We have to talk more about reproductive health, and we need to be specific.

@rebeccabilly7466 16 дней назад

I nearly died because everyone dismissed my concerns about "morning sickness" when I wasn't able to keep any food down. I was nearly in my second trimester before anyone took me seriously. By that point, I couldn't keep down any water and was having dry heaves in between. I had lost over 15 pounds and was severely dehydrated.

@KCH55 14 дней назад

@@rebeccabilly7466My mother when she was pregnant with me she was sick throughout, she had a massive seizure that's actually how she found it. She was pregnant with me. I was born smaller, only a little over 5 lb and had to wear preemie diapers despite being born full term and 2 wks past due date. I was healthy though, thank goodness.

@t.h.8475 9 дней назад

@@rebeccabilly7466 That is not normal. Shame on them.

@Name.......... 17 дней назад

Another issue is when you come in with everything ready to go, they act like you're a hypochondriac

@JustJ-Me 14 дней назад

Exactly. I always hear "come prepared with a list". I do just that, they listen to maybe 3 things, spend about 15 minutes with me, either throw meds at me, give me an "I dunno", or order labs seemingly just to pacify me, and send me on my way. Nearly every time, I'm mid-sentence when the doc is beginning to walk out the door. I try asking questions or raise my concerns, and it's like they're inching closer and closer to the door to leave. It's so frustrating! If you (doctors) don't have time to actually listen and *try* to get down to the bottom of what's going on, then don't bother to book the appt! I feel you! ❤️‍🩹

@SassyO100 11 дней назад

I’ve actually seen that written in my medical records when I recently did a special information request as I was finding the way I was being treated was off. I am someone who is proactive about my health and when something isn’t right I don’t automatically go to a dr to figure it out I think of the what could it be and eliminate what seem totally wild and not logical to my presentation. I have a small list of potentials of what it could be so to help the dr in the 10min appointment. Then I get the dr asking me to say it in my own words. They are my own words 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

@temperance2580 7 дней назад

Yesss!!!

@JustJ-Me 6 дней назад

@@SassyO100 I actually read some reports/info I requested and the doc had mentioned in his report that he answered all of my questions. *He hadn't 🤬

@SassyO100 4 дня назад

@@JustJ-Me I’m sorry 😔. I know how that feels. I do wonder if our medical notes can be edited/ or deleted to paint a picture.

@rebeccabilly7466 16 дней назад

A radiologist at the hospital once told me that, until his wife went through menopause, that he believed hot flashes were purely psychosomatic. It wasn't until he experienced the sudden heat radiating from her body that he believed women weren't just imagining it.

@Rubylily2509 15 дней назад

It shouldn't have taken that for him to be a "believer"... for such an educated person hr acted a tard uneducated LITERALLY 😮

@meganreese1486 14 дней назад

Well, and psycho-somatic doesn't mean the body is not physically experiencing a symptom. It means the root cause is primarily coming from signals from your head to your body.

@user-yup-you-are-human2 13 дней назад

Its cool he learned something and was able to change is mind for the better for it. ❤

@mugennojin3513 11 дней назад

You realize you can think yourself sick right? The brain is a powerful opponent. Not saying which case is what, but remember you can make yourself sick if you believe wholeheartedly that you're supposed to be sick. The placebo effect.

@marienguessan8520 9 дней назад

@@mugennojin3513 and you can also be misdiagnosed. Either case can be valid after investigation but sometimes it gets shut at the start while it was an actual problem.

@097jupiter 17 дней назад

i love doctors who *actually* care about women

@htopherollem649 16 дней назад

I like doctors that have patient empathy . too many people find themselves victimized by narcissistic health care professionals when seeking help

@JustJ-Me 14 дней назад

@htopherollem649 Right? Like sometimes it truly doesn't feel "safe" to ask for a 2nd opinion or even try to ask questions.

@reddragon771 13 дней назад

@@JustJ-Menobody in this world should feel like that... You are the boss of your own body and have the instincts that tell you something inside is not right with your body.. Those instincts are what make you consider a second, third, fourth or fifth opinion...

@vjnc2006 16 дней назад

In Kenya, we recently lost an endo warrior to thoracic endometriosis. After she created awareness, a lot of other women have been tested and diagnosed with it. We appreciate her bravery as we condole with the family.

@Jay-ho9io 16 дней назад

Great respect to her. Can I ask her name?

@faithhunja6441 16 дней назад

Njambi Koikai. RIP.

@Jay-ho9io 16 дней назад

@@faithhunja6441 thank you

@toomanymarys7355 15 дней назад

Check out molecular iodine.

@shan4145 8 дней назад

Jhamby!

@catpoke9557 15 дней назад

You're the reason I realized my mom was not just super unlucky with doctors, but suffering from medical misogyny. Your channel is very important for all people's health, but women's especially.

@vuksgitau 15 дней назад

A young lady I went to university with died recently from symptoms of endometriosis. Her endometrial tissue was found in her lungs causing ger lungs to collapse. RIP Jambi

@emward6858 18 дней назад

I had severe endometriosis, with my bowel stuck to the uterus with adhesions. I have felt so much better the last few years since my hysterectomy at 37. Had to pay privately as the NHS weren't doing anything to help me

@melissamargolese8782 18 дней назад

Same problem in Canada, looks like I’ll be paying privately because I’ve gone nearly two decades without a proper diagnosis and the public system would rather I just go away and be miserable instead of actually offer any care

@irimac1806 18 дней назад

I am so sorry that they refused/refuse to hjelp you :(

@emward6858 18 дней назад

@@melissamargolese8782 I'm sorry , I hope things improve for you

@emward6858 18 дней назад

@@irimac1806 it is common with endometriosis not to be given help for many years

@johnkim6447 18 дней назад

That’s insane

@magpie1492 16 дней назад

I had debilitating abdo pain with my periods from the age of 10, so bad that I would pass out. My mother took me to our GP. The male GP told me that I had to get used to the pain, use a hot water bottle etc and it would improve when I had children. That was it. I was 10 YEARS OLD!!🥺. I love the menopause x

@rob870 16 дней назад

My dr must of gone to the same med school!

@vickiweber4718 15 дней назад

My mom was the one who told me I had to get used to it. From age 11 until I was put on birth control at 26, I was popping ibuprofen like candy.

@gohawks3571 14 дней назад

Same guys, same. My mom got mad at me when my period started & I was scared (bleeding where there shouldn't be blood, duh! I was freaked out!). I started at 9, and pretty quickly it got uncomfortable, then painful. But had abuse at home, so figured they didn't care (broke my coccyx when roller skating; kept that secret). Then I finally escape, and go to the Dr. They didn't care either! Actually got mad at me😡 Mad for not remembering when my period was (because it was more like when it wasn't), got mad at me for wanting attention for pain (because of money, my Dr in my teens threw samples of birth control at me. I was scared of it, so she put me on Toredol- that saved me in highschool. After that, the marine dose of Ibuprofen and Excedrin together. Barely functioned with it). Now that I'm almost in menopause, I finally have a caring Dr..... So many decades later😒

@nullnullsjo 16 дней назад

My mother was debilitated for two days every time she got her period until she got a new doctor who took her pain seriously. And I seems to have inherited her inner bits, so I've learnt to 'not just live with it', and have fought more doctors I like to count. Thankfully I have now both a good GP and great gyno. Women's health is woefully neglected, but it is better than before, and people like you, talking about it helps a lot. (And after 35 years of fighting doctors about menstrual pain, PCOS and whatnot, I'm now gearing up for the menopause-fight. Yay.)

@SummerTyme2023 11 дней назад

I felt that "Yay" 😢😢😢

@tinagarcia9538 17 дней назад

I have endometriosis and I absolutely HATE it. This stupid illness literally affects every part of my life. There are good days, bad days, and then there are really bad days where I just feel so depressed that I long for the days when I was "normal"/question why I'm not "normal" 😔

@heidizuri 16 дней назад

Hysterectomy girl.

@tinagarcia9538 15 дней назад

@@heidizuri a hysterectomy isn’t a cure to endometriosis though

@heidizuri 15 дней назад

@@tinagarcia9538 I thought if the ovaries don’t produce sex hormones then there is nothing to activate the endometrium.

@JustJ-Me 14 дней назад

I've been given the option to have a full or partial hysterectomy in case I have endo. I have such severe period pain (actually suffering as I type this). I don't know if either are THE cure, but might help? My mom had endo that was improved when she had a hysterectomy. I was told a partial is the best option in order to help with hormones. The OBGYN and I came to the conclusion that I might as well go that Dr route rather than going through a laproscopy to try to determine if I have endo. All I know, is that I feel like I just want my "guts" and uterus ripped out bc it feels like it's doing that internally anyway. Try seeing if you have more/ better options. Wishing you all the best

@jessica5470 14 дней назад

@@heidizurithat can cause a whole host of problems on its own

@lin90210 18 дней назад

Some doctor's misdiagnose or don't listen to people. A family member had diarrhea for many days. The GP asked them to take a blood test in A&E. A&E made him stay in hospital. The gastrointestinal doctor made them stop their GVHD medicine when my family member said they need for GVHD of the liver. Their blood test showed abnormal liver readings (because of GVHD). The gastrointestinal doctor didn't even think to call up hematology because they had no clue. They asked my family member "what is GVHD?". Well listen to your patient and look it up. Look at their medical records and history. Imprisoned in hospital for 7 days. Misunderstanding.....

@songbird3094 18 дней назад

I suffered with severe cramps and heavy bleeding for years. I was put on iron tablets a few times. In my late 30's they said I had a large fibroid, which they couldn't remove. I finally agreed to an ablation of the womb, I had no further bleeding after that. I'm so glad to hear this talked about, it was never discussed when I was young.

@lynseck8739 12 дней назад

This raises the question: Why a regular ultrasound screening isn't advised at a younger age to prevent surprises later on? On the other hand mammography and pap smear are frequently advertised. It's just a missing link in the testing chain.

@biosh4x 18 дней назад

I have endometriosis, and the only answer that was given was birth control. It helped me tho go to school, but damn, the older I got the worse it got... I have so many health issues now at 44 and some days I just don't want to get out of bed.

@Ardita777 18 дней назад

I have endo as well. 41 and just recently was diagnosed with it. I may have had it since I started my period but just never knew it. The last few years have been so bad with fibroids and endo. I had fibroids removed in April but as far as endo the only thing I was offered as well was the pill. 😔

@biosh4x 17 дней назад

@@Ardita777 I am so sorry. I was diagnosed 3 year after my period had started (12) and given the pill at when I was 15 to help with cramps so I could stop missing school. There needs to be a better answer, than just giving us the pill or surgery that takes away our baby making parts. I was never given the surgery and suffered a miscarriage, due to complications at 27... It can honestly be fatal. But nope, this is where we are. I'm glad they took out your fibroids cause it does help some what.

@marybaksheeva2874 16 дней назад

This year I got to see two doctors for my heavy periods and overall check-up. Both I payed to visit, can you guess who's price was higher?)) One was saying my uterus looks all "knotted" and I am entirely unhealthy, and I will for sure unable to get pregnant without her assistance with the organ "that bad looking". Another one was attentive and knowledgeable, but kind, she provided me with all the options for my near future and showed real care for my symptoms without judging or comments on how ugly my body parts were 😂 interestingly enough she didn't say I will need her help and wanted me to be able to be well on my own, without paying for anything extra. She also has one of a very few RU-vid channels on women's health in my mother tongue. The visit to a second one was so validating. I wish every woman would have an access to a real healthCARE provider. Thanks for the video!❤

@serenemolly 12 дней назад

I’m 40 and crying because I feel more seen by the first 10 minutes of this video than I have in countless appointments with doctors and specialists over my 25 years with endometriosis

@daundrakennedy732 2 дня назад

Go to upful blends the company has herbs for the pain.

@daundrakennedy732 2 дня назад

It's an herb for endometriosis

@solarmoth4628 18 дней назад

The US is especially weird about teaching the correct names for body parts in school. Many people enter college with a poor understanding of sex and reproduction because their state or school isn’t required to teach them in Health class.

@rhiannon14982 16 дней назад

Wait. You mean there are some parts of the USA that don't teach sex ed at all?

@tianamarie989 16 дней назад

@rhiannon14982 unfortunately yes.

@Jay-ho9io 16 дней назад

@@rhiannon14982 It might very well be the majority.

@user-ru9sx7ol8n 16 дней назад

That's because in some states it's not seen as a health issue. It's seen as a religious issue. Women are second class citizens.

@rebeccabilly7466 16 дней назад

@rhiannon14982 Pretty much. What passes for sex education in most of my state is really just "abstinence education," and doesn't use health-based curriculum.

@eulicehooper6340 15 дней назад

After 20 + years of tests on my uterus and ovaries and ER visits saying I am just fine just 2 years ago I find out because of rectal bleeding I have endo in my rectum and in my bowels and I am suspecting it could be in my back because of my leg issue during my cycle. 😢😢 I can name it now and I am thankful. I became a vegan because I thought I had IBS and was trying to mitigate the inflammation. I’m exhausted honestly.

@chibi-chibi97 18 дней назад

Heavy painful periods and PMDD since 11 💪🏻

@Ardita777 18 дней назад

Do you have fibroids or endometriosis? Because both cause heavy bleeding and painful periods.

@JustJ-Me 14 дней назад

PMDD and potential Endo or something else. Excruciating period cramps, severe migraines, insane lower back pain.... I feel like my lower abdominal/pelvic area is tearing itself apart. The migraines make it nearly impossible to sleep or distract myself from all the pain and pain meds & birth control don't help. PMDD is horrific. Really irritable, increased depression and increased SI. I did start birth control again, and I think that might be helping. I'm only on my 2nd month. 🤞🏻

@notaras1985 8 дней назад

You need to go high fat carnivore with Lugol's iodine and selenium

@0Laura00000 5 дней назад

I finally found a birthcontrol that helped for my pmdd (drovelis in belgium), but when I moved for university I learned its not available in Denmark! So it might be worth checking out meds from other countries. My sister also needs to get her medication in Spain. we discuss it with our local doctor off course, and they give the international prescription. Hope you find something that helps!❤

@jagjitvirdee1515 18 дней назад

Well needed video! Most doctors just brush off periods cramps/pain as normal.

@bellanica4176 11 дней назад

Oh, my Goodness. Finally, a picture that represents exactly what I went through for 35 FREAKIN PAINFUL YEARS of my life!!!!!! Being let down by my medical health "CARE" . At 49, I finally had a hysterectomy to end my 35-year NIGHTMARE and almost dying several times.

@mettevunsjensen4094 18 дней назад

Please make a video like this about menopause.

@rhiannon14982 16 дней назад

He's done one. Look at his videos list. He's done a podcast with a menopause doctor about it. 🙂

@vickiweber4718 15 дней назад

@rhiannon14982 I need to find that one. I want to be ready for menopause. I was completely unprepared for puberty thanks to my conservative parents keeping me in the dark about it.

@barbararowley6077 16 дней назад

I’d definitely second the advice to seek a second - or even third or fourth - opinion. And if you’re referred to a Specialist who doesn’t take you seriously, tell your GP. They may be able to get you referred elsewhere. (It’s also important for them to know who not to send patients to.) Happened to a friend who was referred to a (female) Gyno who refused to offer any treatment for her severe fibroids without approval from said friend’s partner - openly Ace, Aro, and happily eternally single friend - because she didn’t have children and might change her mind about wanting them. Thankfully her GP was horrified and disgusted and found her a Specialist prepared to treat her as a person, not an incubator, as quickly as possible.

@sarahpernel9537 18 дней назад

amazing podcasts but you need to tell these gynaecologist, who don't listen..... 30 years deep and they still don't know what's wrong🙄

@melissamargolese8782 18 дней назад

SAME, I’m pretty much at a point of giving up on doctors altogether because they don’t know or can’t be bothered to take me seriously

@anonnymowse 18 дней назад

Aspirin was first made in the late 1800s.Prostaglandins were discovered in the 1940s and it wasn't until the 1970s that aspirin was found to be a prostaglandin inhibitor. The endometrium produces prostaglandins which cause smooth muscles to contract. The uterus and intestines are smooth muscles. Some women are more affected than others. Ibuprofen is also a prostaglandin inhibitor.

@bluestripes6037 9 дней назад

Thanks for sharing that

@megan5867 15 дней назад

I had horrible endometriosis when I was in my late teens, very early 20s, and I was lucky to find a great gyno. She immediately suggested laproscopic surgery, they were able to remove cysts from my ovaries, as well as endometrial tissue. It helped tremendously, immediately! Go get help! Find the doctor who will listen and care!

@angeh9995 15 дней назад

In my late 20s I was diagnosed with IBS and psychological reasons for my crazy bowel symptoms by a gastroenterologist after a gastroscopy and colonoscopy. My GP was outraged by the “psychological reasons” diagnosis. The female gastroenterologist did not take any gynaecological history, which included cripplingly painful periods, nausea, diarrhoea for at least ten years by that point. It took until I was 42 to be diagnosed with advanced endometriosis during other complicated gynaecological surgery (it ended up being endo, as well as known adenomyosis, a fibroid, and pelvic floor prolapse). I’m making sure my teenage daughter does not go through the same sort of thing. To be fair her medical practitioners do not consider cripplingly painful periods to be “normal” or acceptable and she had an endometriosis diagnosis at 18. This means her condition can be proactively managed, hopefully without the complications I had.

@JennyEverywhere 16 дней назад

Nothing is worse than having some sort of awful pain and going to the ER for it. If you're a woman, they seem to automatically discount a lot of the pain. If you're a man, and you say you have level 6 pain, they start you on oxycodone or something of that level of strength. But if you're a woman, and you report level 6 pain, they give you a Tylenol. Maybe two. Not Tylenol 3, the ones with codeine, nay nay! But plain old acetaminophen. If you complain the pain is worse than a couple of Tylenol are good for, they start looking askance at you, and begin to consider you a drug seeker. After that point, they'll treat you like a junkie looking for a fix before they even give you Neurontin.

@vickiweber4718 15 дней назад

I dealt with debilitating menstrual cramps until my mid-20s. Growing up, I'd complain to my mom about them, but she brushed them off as if feeling like a pregnant woman in labor every month and having to pop ibuprofen like candy was normal. After going on birth control, the relief felt like a miracle. During the pandemic, after I lost my job and therefore health insurance, I had to go without for three months. It was miserable. I looked forward to my appointment with my gynecologist after I got another job.

@annetterainbow1044 18 дней назад

I had the same pain with periods and rectum bleeding. I found if I stretched my body weeks 2, 3 and 4 and had a treatment once a month it reduced some of the pain, as my tight body was more flexible during the movement and softening in week one, therefore I had more flexibility to allow the movements/softening. For me it really helped, it didn't take all the pain away, it took the heat out of the pain I sincerely hope this helps others too with horrendous pain. For me, stretching my glutes, quads, itb, hamstrings, calf's and upper back really helped. If I couldn't be bothered to stretch, I'd be sure to do my calf's always. Sincerely hope this helps someone as it really helped me, I had didelphys uterus and a septum so needed all the help I could get (two wombs) fortunately I had a hysterectomy, everything out, thank goodness and don't had the horrendous pain anymore, I now look back, I so should have spoken up more about my pains and issues I experienced, and the horrendous heavy flow.

@princetonsnumba1g 6 дней назад

The first doctor I talked to is a gyno. I told her about my symptoms: I felt like I was going to die every time my period starts, I had pain near my bladder, diarrhea, occasionally I would pass out and this had been happening since I was 12 years old. I told her I may have endometriosis she said there will be no further discussion if I am not on Birth control. I started taking the pill and it caused me to have a seizure. I also apparently have interstitial cystitis (IC) and the BC was causing the pain near my bladder to worsen. I’ve talked to several doctors and no one cared. I recently went to a pelvic floor specialist and she’s been the first person to affirm my suspicions about what’s going on with me. I felt like crying, I’m really grateful for her. I hope PT works out for me because I am really young and I can’t live the rest of my life like this.

@_negentropy_ 18 дней назад

Aw yaaay!!! I love Dr. Karen Tang! Thank you so much for tackling this content and with a truly brilliant and discerning OB/GYN!

@celticphoenix2579 16 дней назад

My takeaway: I was right to switch doctors, my doctor was a poor physician for dismissing my PCOS concerns (confirmed ten years and one miscarriage later), and I should get tested for endometriosis alongside peri-menopause. Also pelvic floor exercises. Thank you both for a very enlightening video.

@jax-sx9pk 18 дней назад

Love this! Two of my fave docs in one place! I would like to mention that I don't think enough is said about progesterone only therapy during peri for calming anxiety and helping with sleeping.

@christinaandre6286 12 дней назад

The damage to my bowels was so severe by the time someone listened to me and did my hysterectomy, that even 8 years after the surgery I still have all the bowel symptoms and the adhesions left behind bleed every month and I have blood bloating, rectal pain, and pelvic pain. It's better than it was, but there are days it hurts too much to stand. And without a uterus it's harder to track the cycle so the pains take me by surprise.

@bluestripes6037 9 дней назад

I am so sorry that you're going through that. Thank you for at least sharing so that others can look out and be heard

@JedionEarth108 18 дней назад

Excited for this!!

@Heatherskl 18 дней назад

Thanks for this. I’m going to share it with my daughters.

@hannahd4787 18 дней назад

Really helpful, great podcast.

@deborahd2936 7 дней назад

Thank you for this video. I feel cared for and eager to learn. This is helpful!

@erinsirohi5631 15 дней назад

This is so great - I love that you are bringing these kinds of topics (and all the health topics you bring!) to the public space. Thank you so much for helping us to know ourselves ❤️. I also love and follow Dr. Tang! 💕

@JustJ-Me 14 дней назад

Thank you both for covering these important topics ❤

@MMchezziscoo 18 дней назад

Both dr karan and dr karen are 🔥

@t.h.8475 9 дней назад

A hysterectomy was the best thing that happened to me medically.

@rolldecode 7 дней назад

I love this podcast. Thank you for making it!!

@nobaddeedunpunished 17 дней назад

I've been suffering for over 15 years, every time im refered to a gynae they don't listen its yes no answers and thats that. My last one told me there is absolutely nothing wrong and she WILL NOT see me again because my MRI came back clear. my symptoms have been going on for so long, its getting worse as i get older. im 34. I'm constantly in pain, my mental health is declining but no one is listening =/ i wish the NHS was better equiped

@jessica5470 14 дней назад

I'm friends with an ex-nhs nurse, she left because her colleagues judged her for doing her job, they didn't like how she would call her own patients and make an effort, they are completely equipped, they have just lowered their standards to crazy extents because they're lazy, not all of them no, it's a shame the immense amount of bad ones bring the good ones down

@eggandchips4t 11 дней назад

Thank you Dr Katen. You are an advocate for knowledge and truth and I appreciate you ❤

@publicserviceannouncement4777 12 дней назад

Show with likes, how many ladies were also diagnosed with IBS first?🙋‍♀️

@KxNOxUTA 11 дней назад

I absolutely LOVE that you talk about anatomy. Cause I had my gyno surgeon show me pics from my inside pre and post removing my uterus and endometriosis in the pelvic floor. And he was sitting with me for an hour or so as he was just there for emergencies during doctor strike, while I was recovering from my ureter re-implantation (as an unfortunate accident of said prior surgery). The pictures were so amazing! Even though it looks different than "normal" when your belly is inflated with gas so he can see stuff and safely endoscopically operate. But I love those pictures so much. I had so many questions and even though I had gotten a lot of knowledge before (Thank you, Mama Dr. Jones!). It still looked so unexpected XD And I'm still finding out more due to my urinary and GI struggles now. Like that there's a bunch of glans along the anatomy of the vagina that can cause trouble that I had no idea we had there. I mean I was aware that most of us do have little understanding of our anatomy until we need to have it (usually as we get older n struggle). But after diving into the topic more and seeing those photos from within me, I felt genuinely criminally under-educated on even the basics. Like .... damn it I should at least have seen photos from inside the body of all major human organs at least once in school!!

@marybaksheeva2874 16 дней назад

Love the video, thanks!!!

@sanashandholder 6 дней назад

Thanks for making this video. Super insightful and important topic 🤍

@jenniferrahm3600 12 дней назад

Had painful cycles, intense migraines, diarrhea, heavy bleeding. All that changed for me when I changed my diet. We are what we eat. Eating a proper human diet has improved my life and has helped so many others start a new chapter in life pain free and free from medications.

@tinam761 17 дней назад

Pelvic Congestion Syndrome is quite painful and debilitating…. I could not even sit upright … I had to lay down to bring a small measure of relief. When I got diagnosed… the doctor said it was the worse she has EVER seen. After menopause… I am better. The only option for me was total hysterectomy and I was so trying to avoid that. Basically I severe varicose veins throughout pelvic floor and around my organs. Pain would radiate down my legs and abdomen and would cause me to break out in sweat .

@missveronica8393 16 дней назад

I have endometriosis, but varicose veins through that whole area sounds like some special kind of hell, I hope for better days for all of us ❤

@helenalderson6608 18 дней назад

This was awesome

@MandahSwift 18 дней назад

I should make an appointment to see my gynecologist. My periods are long and extremely heavy. Even using Ultra tampons I have to change every hour for 2-3 days plus another 5-ish days of mostly heavy period (but more like changing Ultra tampons every 4-6 hours). Lots of big clots, super awful cramps that make it nearly impossible to do anything or go anywhere for the 2-3 days when it’s at its heaviest, awful painful diarrhea every period, super tired but trouble sleeping, shooting pains/spasms that make it hard to move, and migraine headaches. Basically totally miserable and life interrupted every single month. If my gynecologist doesn’t take me seriously I will find one that will. I will try to record the symptoms the next time I have a period to help communicate the problems I am experiencing.

@YurinanAcquiline 17 дней назад

I had very similar symptons to you. Only difference is after those initial heavy 7 days or so, I kept bleeding for a week and then some spotting before a few days of peace then my period started again. That was my normal so I never went to the doctor for it. After all, even when I went, they said it was normal. I spent years with severe pain right under my rib and severe abdominal pain. Ultrasounds showed I have some fibroids, biggest was almost 6 inches long. Did surgery and the biggest ones were actually double that size. I had fibroids right under my rib cage squeezing my organs. Keep changing doctors, I went to about 7 or 8 doctors before one even did an abdominal exam on me. I never even realised my upper abdomen pain was a gynecological issue until then.. I wish you luck.

@Ardita777 17 дней назад

Girl I have/had some of the symptoms you have. Fibroids and endometriosis was the cause for me. It’s hard to see endo in any tests but MRI would the better one and even on MRI sometimes you can’t see it. Good luck. Get tested soon because blood clots can be a serious sign.

@Poemi10304 16 дней назад

Geez, I thought I had a bad period with pain and diarrhea for a day or two, and changing overnight pads every 2 hrs for 2-3 days. What helped me was ibuprofen + Imodium (diarrhea medicine), but I have to take the meds as soon as I start to feel cramping, otherwise it doesn't work as well for some reason.

@Meow3431 18 дней назад

thank you so much, this is an important topic to be aware of. I hope medicine can make new discoveries towards woman health ❤

@NanaWilson-px9ij 9 дней назад

If ANY medical professional says "that's within the range of normal" to me ever again, I think I might put THEM in the hospital.

@miriam4235 16 дней назад

I adore Dr Karen! 🤩🤩

@Butters_OhHamburgers 18 дней назад

Help I accidentally clicked on the video while I was commenting on a short just to hear “Whether you’ve got stabbing butthole pains-“ 😭

@raraavis7782 18 дней назад

That's actually a thing, believe me. And yes, it's as unpleasant as it sounds 😆

@Butters_OhHamburgers 18 дней назад

@@raraavis7782 Oh I know, I’ve had them 😂 it always happens at the worst times too

@raraavis7782 18 дней назад

@@Butters_OhHamburgers Oh, I see 😅 I was so freaked out, when I had those for the first time in my 20s. I almost called emergency services, because the pain was so intense for a couple minutes. Didn't help, that I immediately thought I had cancer or something. I didn't yet know, what endometriosis was or that I had it, back then.

@vickiweber4718 15 дней назад

Before finding out in recent years that other women have them, I thought my body was just weird.

@jessica5470 14 дней назад

@@raraavis7782It was right now I've stopped believing I'm riddled with cancer because the ass pain I get is insane, sometimes I have to stop mid step and just cross my legs, I probably look crazy but not much else I can do

@Emihasdreamstoo 17 дней назад

Huh, is pain not normal during pooping???????? What? Painless bowel movements are pretty much an exception for me, I think

@jamLP 17 дней назад

@drkaran can you make a video about the comorbidity between POTS and endometriosis?

@imaginieiota6298 15 дней назад

Really informational and helpful, gynos here in my country can be so unkind. I'm young and I feel like I can have PCOS and I am a virgin but the doctor here keeeps on insisting I'm pregnant like sis something needs to there for me to get a baby. I'm going to a doctor in city where my aunt lives. Hopefully they're understanding. But your vid gave me a few points to defend myself. thanks you❤❤❤❤

@JH-lz4dh 17 дней назад

I've never had heavy periods but I do have lightning butt pain and endometriosis 😢

@sallyjane8274 10 дней назад

How did you get diagnosed with endo without heavy periods? I've wondered if ia have it but the lack of excessive bleeding makes me think not.

@JH-lz4dh 10 дней назад

@@sallyjane8274 having heavy periods is not a requirement for an endometriosis diagnosis.

@autumnayer5086 17 дней назад

Isa Herrera & her staff from Pelvic Pain Relief are amazing. I learned about her from Trudy Scott, The Food Mood Gal, in 2020 right before I got my official Ehlers-Danlos diagnosis. Isa's online/at-home offerings are very helpful for my issues from the collagen/connective tissue disorder.

@wakeup6759 8 дней назад

Another overlooked cause is celiac disease. Had extremely painful periods since 12, among other issues. Because there's no money in celiac disease (can't prescribe pills, treatable only by abstaining from gluten), educating those affected by celiac disease is also something that isn't pursued. Celiac disease affects every single system in the body. Always had diarrhea and extreme pain for the first two days of my period. Always had to call in sick.

@sweetheart-ip7xf 15 дней назад

I would love doctors to spend more time with their patients. How do we get that to happen? ... There is a known issue of it taking years to obtain a correct diagnosis of specific conditions within women's health. Anecdotally, I ended up seeing PAs because they seemed to have more time & attention during the visit and ordered the necessary tests (that Drs didn't order) revealing my diagnosis. Unfortunately needed to get referred back to Drs for specific interventions, and yet again they are flying in and out offices.

@hathhath2444 9 дней назад

I have deep penetrating endo and because my periods weren't exactly strong it took over 5 years to just get someone to do MRI and say they found "accidental finding" of adno. Then it was 2 years for laparoscopy from which they woke me up because it was now too extensive to then 3 years post lap still waiting for NHS to train neurologist that can operate on me. I have lost all quality of life, lost my job, all my hobbies etc. can barely walk... The gap in women's health is shameful. Especially when we're gaslight to make it our own fault and it's not that bad...

@BLARG09 18 дней назад

Omg, lightning out my bum has been going on for over a decade. Told my gastroenterologist and he had no idea what it was. He literally didnt care. So fun when im sitting on the toilet at work crying and moaning. Makes me feel like im gonna throw up

@Gibbsong1 13 дней назад

Try a physical therapist that specializes in pelvic floor. That helped reduce the frequency of mine. It’s a gradual process.

@laughing_dreamer 16 часов назад

bruh I've had ONGYNs who didn't even know what endometriosis was...

@DD-jm5ug 6 дней назад

We had a 10 year old start her periods and had to take off 2 days from school each time. It's also women that are toxic to eachother. The nurse at our school said " they've just got to get on with it" so dismissive. I've grown up not knowing when I'm really ill. I keep going. Us females aren't taught to take care of ourselves. Which is dangerous as we don't know when it's serious.

@staeriix 8 часов назад

really horrible..the amount of times I was just told to “take an ibuprofen and it’ll be fine” was insane.

@dutawe 14 дней назад

my sister has endometriosis. she had no diagnosis, until she was 27 and had to get an emergency surgery for it. my other sister and i both have suspected endometriosis, from 2+ professionals each (gyno and gp). but there's really no treatment or diagnosis, not even management happening. my sister recently got a copper IUD and this seems to have helped her symptoms. i haven't done this but i've been through several oral contraceptives to no avail. either intolerable side effects, or my periods change nothing at all. it's just so frustrating that nothing can be done until it's severe and emergent. you get referred to gynos only to hear "yeah, you probably do have endometriosis. but there's not really any way to be sure without opening you up. so i really can't say". and my sister just getting an IBS diagnosis. even though all 3 of us have had chronic UTIs since the onset of puberty, we've always had similar cycles. the list goes on. in a way, i wish i needed an emergent surgery so that it would all just be over. at least for a while

@lotterwinner6474 13 дней назад

Oh man I hate the stabbing butt hole pain. I feel like im going to pass out when it happens.

@asavelayoung7315 8 дней назад

It's the worst pain I have ever felt.

@sugahoney89 6 дней назад

I healed my issues with herbs and diet. I used to have stabbing pain and told my friend in high school and she thought I was weird. I just kept meeting unsympathetic women who literally had zero cramps or issues and probably thought I was crazy. 😢

@JROCKNROLL_ 18 дней назад

What about birth control and endometriosis? I don't have heavy bleeding for years (anymore I think) and I don't have pain at all during the period, but I always had bowel issues and the last few years the bowel issues has been way more worse. When I stand for a long time it feels as I need to go toilet but it stresses my bowel so that I just can't go. and just other bowel issues. I wonder if I could have endometriosis or if its just IBS as my doctors tell me.

@catherinealexander2582 6 дней назад

I'm waiting to be seen by a gynaecologist because of sever heavy painful period. Originally the gp wasn't going to refer me because a scan showed a a small fibroid in the womb and its "too small to worry about". I'm just fed up of pelvic related issues with bowel, bladder and womb issues. I'm on iron tablets because I keep getting low ion.

@laurakent2127 9 дней назад

Sexual trauma and high insulin raise the chances of having endometriosis, fibroids and pcos. Pcos is basically diabetes of the uterus/ovaries. I actually heard a researcher call it that

@terri-annbarnes8468 16 дней назад

Would love to know what treatment you would offer someone with an enterocele and chronic constipation plus prolapse bowels as. Seen so many doctors it's a joke

@meenabaker97 14 дней назад

I experience extremely painful periods, and the pain usually lasts for a couple of weeks. I haven’t spoken with a doctor about this, because my family tells me it’s normal. I also sometimes have irregular bleeding, anywhere from the length of a regular period to as long as a full 3 weeks, but I don’t know enough about it to know how to deal with it. Could someone please explain why this happens? Thanks

@user-ow9re6tz1h 16 дней назад

Do you know anything about the Myfembree medication Dr. Karan? I've been taking it for endometriosis for about 4 months now and plan to be on it for a year. Symptoms did not improve after laproscopy, so this is the next (and last??) step (can anything else be done if Myfembree fails me?). My surgeon diagnosed me with endometriosis, but I am a little skeptical because it did not show up in lab testing of my tissues/cellular level. He did tell me he scraped off some "inflammatory patches" though. Symptoms include heavy pelvic inflammation that radiates into the lower abdomen and my hips, painful deep penetration for sex (v or a), and continuation of odd cycles and spotting days. I started Myfembree at a weird time in my cycle, but then again I am so irregular I don't know what my real cycle is. So I took it when I got it, as per his instruction, but the pamphlet says a certain timeframe. I have been bleeding literally half time since taking it, but it is going down and he did say it should stop my period/bleeding altogether. The pain is a bit better, but the inflammation is still there. But in any case, I hope I can live pain free after this. My surgeon told me that Myfembree will kill all of the endometriosis for good, a once and for all kind of drug. I hope he's right. Interesting side effect for me though: If I take it in the morning and not at night, I get so fatigued I fall asleep face down on the bed or couch in my day clothes with the lights on a few hours later.

@zehkuh6569 15 дней назад

passing out from pain is also not normal for a period

@AIB_roasts 18 дней назад

What’s up! Doctor. karan

@beelynn1564 16 дней назад

As I said on Spotify, I'm going to ask my endometriosis expert who's set to retire soon in order to teach, if he'd be interested in speaking with you. Most obgyns in America do not have adequate training to treat endo. Wide excision is, of course, the gold standard of treatment. We just don't have enough surgeons to treat all of us.

@BLARG09 18 дней назад

I've had a hysterectomy and still have lightning bum.

@katzrantz 18 дней назад

I never had it till after the hysterectomy. I'm very confused

@BLARG09 16 дней назад

@@katzrantz I'm guessing it's because there are also other causes. I didn't have endometriosis.

@rerererereeepepe4450 15 дней назад

make a video on zyns

@jessica5470 14 дней назад

Dr Karan i really wish you were in wales, i have been waiting years for help regardless of the sex of my doctor no one has helped me, no one takes me seriously, ive begged and cried and i pay so much tax i dont get how theyre allowed to brush me off so much, ive told them im suicidal and im not lying but nothing is enough to make them help me, im "on a waiting list" right now and was told itd be 8 months, were passed 8 months now and i knew they wouldnt contact me, im sick of it, i would rather be dead than carry on dealing it

@merrituber1 16 дней назад

At 42 and knowing what the other women in my family have gone through I'm not looking forward to aging in the next decade or two I'll probably need a hysterectomy and potentially get Endo or ovarian cancer Yay. 😞

@shan4145 8 дней назад

Yay 🥰

@pinkroses135 17 дней назад

Don't have endo or pcos but two things that stopped me from eating ibuprofens for those gross symptoms is getting off grain fed beef and dairy and eating cherries regularly. The high omega 6 to omega 3 ratio was feeding my prostaglandins and the dark berries are anti inflammatory.

@staeriix 8 часов назад

cherries are my go to as well! ive been trying to get a proper appointment for my symptoms but some diet changes did help me a bit.

@hathhath2444 9 дней назад

Yeah IBS since late teens. Endo in early 30s

@katzrantz 18 дней назад

I've had a total hysterectomy and it was discovered that adenomyosis was present, but I've since had the shooting bum pain a few times. Could that be endometriosis?

@Ardita777 18 дней назад

Yes it can. I'm not a doctor lol but I have endo and I have that so. 🤷‍♀️

@marsin6406 17 дней назад

🙏🙏🙏

@nizarsalehi 9 дней назад

And her name is Karen already 😂

@Mrgingerdread1 8 дней назад

I stopped drinking it helped another.

@lea-anne9133 17 дней назад

At 52 i am going through early menopause. My only main symptoms are my periods are becoming less frequent. Some occasional hot flushes and my migraines have become less frequent. Migraines mostly hormone related. I am not suffereing horrendously with symptoms like some women my age are. Maybe it's due to lifestyle choices🤷🏻‍♀️ been vegan & plant based for 25 years, don't drink or smoke and have a physical job, also exercise regularly. Maybe these factors are playing a role in why I'm not suffering as much, i don't know. I'm not compalining either way and am so thankful🙏🏻

@alexfitzpatrick2421 15 дней назад

Why don't we have a way to scan for it yet. Its ridiculous. Mine was found by accident, im lucky. All my scans were clear.

@KxNOxUTA 11 дней назад

We actually now have a test for it though I understand it's new and thus not yet common or approved in many countries. But my surgeon recently got informed on that method on one of their conferences, so in foreseeable future it might become a standard. And yet, it seems said test won't likely help patients with certain GI problems. It appears to be the type that can tell that sth. is not alight but not why. Still a way to better know when to investigate further. That said, it's because it's freaking difficult to "scan" for something that normally appears in the body and then it can appear elsewhere and you do not know where and it can be very small. Also when are you gonna scan when ppl can have no periods for several months any have no idea where they're at in the cycle, since We CAN already "scan" for it, it's just that the official "scan" for it is laparoscopy aka surgery, which is obviously expensive. Other than that, it seems you are overestimating what screening even does in medicine. most of the time they are merely getting indicators of something, by something else getting out of wack and not even the "thing itself". 😅 Which can sometimes lead medical professionals down the wrong investigation route with rare stuff or not yet well researched stuff. Imagine you tried to find out what pipe is broken in a big building, on a moonless night without any artificial light other than a puny mini-flash light that illuminates an area about as big as your hand. And you cannot go inside. That is how "helpful" tests are for conditions that are good at blending in with regular anatomy 👀

@pri_shay_dior 18 дней назад

I used to strive for perfect attendance in school. That went away when I started my cycle. Over time, I went from having cramps that had me in a corner balled up and throwing up to having slight back period pains to having none. Idk how. Someone told me it could have been from multiple births. I think it's from changing my diet. I cut out red meats and cut waaaaaay back on sugar. Either way, I'm thankful those days are gone.

@silverserpent420 16 дней назад

Andenomyosis

@spocksdaughter9641 18 дней назад

Excellent. ? No mention of simular fibre- collogen (sp?) over growths related to one of the variants of 'EDS'?

@TheRuinofDarkness 14 дней назад

I'm glad the butthole thing is talked about.

@benl6328 18 дней назад

Raspberry leaf tea. Works wonders. Has been the go too hundreds of years. The moment my wife shows symptoms, I make her a cup.

@pippin5713 18 дней назад

This!!! I’m literally drinking it right now! I used to get such bad pain that it would make me want to puke and faint but ever since I started drinking it (about 3 years ago) I’ve barely gotten any pain. It’s a real miracle plant!

@_negentropy_ 18 дней назад

Does your wife have endometriosis or PCOS?

@benl6328 18 дней назад

@@_negentropy_ I honestly wish I knew. We have a family doctor close to retirement that said, and I quote "you're too young to have thise problems." My wife does suffer a lot, but we haven't been able to get a diagnosis. Where I live we can go see a specialist without a referral.

@Ardita777 18 дней назад

Does your wife have fibroids or endometriosis?