Prioritizing Menstrual Health During National Women’s Health Week – The Fibroid Foundation
The Fibroid Foundation shared a post on LinkedIn:
”This week is National Women’s Health Week, and we’re talking about something that is still too often left out of the women’s health conversation: Menstrual health.
For decades, menstrual symptoms have been minimized, dismissed, and normalized by the healthcare system, by society, and sometimes even by the women experiencing them. Painful periods, heavy bleeding, and debilitating symptoms have been chalked up to “just part of being a woman.”
They are not.
Menstrual health is a window into overall health. It can signal conditions like uterine fibroids, endometriosis, and adenomyosis that, left undiagnosed, can quality of life, fertility, mental health, and long-term wellbeing. And yet:
- 1 in 3 women experiences heavy menstrual bleeding
- Up to 80% of women will develop uterine fibroids by age 50
- Women wait an average of 4-11 years for an endometriosis diagnosis
- Black women are disproportionately impacted, and disproportionately underserved
This National Women’s Health Week, we are calling on patients, providers, researchers, and policymakers alike to close the gap between how common these conditions are and how seriously they are taken.
Prioritizing women’s health means prioritizing menstrual health.
Join us as we talk about the need for action on this exact topic next Tuesday, May 19th, for our annual National Menstrual Health Awareness Month Congressional Briefing. We’ll be bringing patient voices, data, and advocates directly to lawmakers who have the power to act, and you’re invited to join us.
Register to attend or learn more.”
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