Ha, yes, I am pretty furious about it as well, because, right--
Teenagers Don't Get Endometriosis is received wisdom, ergo teenagers presenting with painful periods must have something other than endometriosis wrong with them, if anything's actually wrong at all (other than, as you say, wimpishness).
The average age of menarche is in the vicinity of 13.
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Date: 2015-12-02 05:35 pm (UTC)Teenagers Don't Get Endometriosis is received wisdom, ergo teenagers presenting with painful periods must have something other than endometriosis wrong with them, if anything's actually wrong at all (other than, as you say, wimpishness).
The average age of menarche is in the vicinity of 13.
The average diagnostic delay is eight years.
I was symptomatic from my first period.
FUNNY HOW THE NUMBERS DO THE THING, HUH.