How Twitter Reacted When A Doctor Said Period Cramps Are As Painful As An Heart Attack

Finally someone put their research to good use.

Elzaan Van der merwe

• Published in Interesting
• March 6, 2018

Period cramps are something women worldwide are struggling with each and every month. We sometimes see it as a punishment for being a woman or not being pregnant. Some women have it worse than others, where they are immobile for a whole day.

But still, this is so under-researched and frown upon by men saying "It's not that bad" but they have no idea what it feels like. That is why a doctor did research on period cramps and compared it to the pain of a heart attack. This statement has raised confrontations and a lot of questions that women have been keeping buried all this time.

Like why is women's pain not taken seriously? Why do we have to keep quiet, take a pain pill and go on with our daily activities? Would it have been an issue if men had to deal with it? These questions have prompted further research into the subject and hopefully, doctors and employers will start taking it seriously.

It's not a fun thing to have and even though women have a high tolerance for pain, we still experience it on a much more intense level than men. Most people are uncomfortable when it comes to discussing periods and don't want to get involved when social media is buzzing with it. It took one man to realize that maybe this is as bad as they say and it took Twitter by storm with women all over sharing their stories.

Marie Claire posted the article on Twitter

This post received a lot of tweets from women and some men, asking questions and sharing their period cramp experiences.

No one has survived a heart attack? Are you sure?

It took them 100,000 years

Heart attacks are nothing to be afraid of now

Not a valid excuse

And if a man had it?

Menopause is a blessing!

They always seem to know better

Heart attacks are only for men

Every person is different

They finally caught up to us

The pain is everywhere!

Our pain is being validated. Get out the tissues ladies!

Crying in bathrooms were our lives back then

Show to all of them

It's not that painful, please!

You better, boy!

Are you a doctor then?

Cramps are nothing if you are not experiencing it

What a great nurse she was

Now, this is a man you need in your life ladies

No joke, indeed!

We can never be over dramatic when it comes to periods

Women power!

We are used to hell already

Like a balloon bursting

And may more realise it

They were supposed to understand the most

Not at all

Truly terrible

Pfft it's worse than muscle cramps

Elzaan Van der merwe