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This disorder is a mystery among women that they even fear looking for solutions

There exists one painful disorder where a tissue that normally lines the insides of your uterus grows outside your uterus. It’s most commonly involves your ovaries, fallopian tubes and the tissue lining your pelvis. It’s called Endometriosis. How many of you have ever heard about it? Well, not too bad but maybe too many. Don’t worry, I never heard about it until my friend, a classmate in campus shared her awful experience of pain during her periods.

It wasn’t a big deal to me since back then we used to be told experiencing awful pains during your periods it normal and will eventually come to an end when you give birth to your first kid. But that was not the case with my friend Gaudencia. She could be admitted in the university dispensary because of the painful cramps. I then developed this curiosity of wanting to know what Gaudencia was experiencing. When I started researching about it, I realised it’s not only her who was experiencing this but many women as well. 

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