Treat severe period pain as endometriosis until proven otherwise

Pain cannot be compared between people. Endometriosis worsens year on year and causes infertility — but effective treatment exists.

Pain cannot be compared with anyone else, which is exactly why it is hard to judge. Needing painkillers every month — or still hurting despite them — points to dysmenorrhoea. Endometriosis then worsens year on year until menopause, damaging tubes and ovaries.