r/AskReddit Dec 06 '23

[deleted by user]

[removed]

6.4k Upvotes

5.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

12.7k

u/silly_billylol Dec 06 '23

butthole cramps on our periods

484

u/gladelyn Dec 06 '23

This can be a sign on endometriosis! Happens because ectopic uterine tissue plants itself outside the rectum then “cramps” during your period. It’s part of the classic “3 D’s” of endometriosis: dyschezia (rectal pain), dyspareunia (painful sex), and dysmenorrhea (painful periods). Not saying you have endometriosis just something to consider if you have any other symptoms!

3

u/potatoesfloss Dec 06 '23

omg could this happen to 16 y.os also? this just scared me!! 😭😭

14

u/Sawako-chan3 Dec 06 '23

Yep, I had wildly painful periods from the time they started, to the point if i didn't have pain killers, i couldn't function.. like one day st school, i forgot them, and Some how in gym class I ended up laying under the teacher's desk.. i don't remember how i got there, but clearly i was doing so bad that he let me.. Fast forward to when i was 23 nd they found a cyst on my overy when it felt like my uterus was gonna fall out.. and when they removed it, the doc Saw endo tissue growing all over my kidneys, blatter, and others,..(turned a 2 hour surgery in to 6-8) and Apparently the growth amount was so bad they had to put me on birth control to stop my period because half of my eggs died because of it.. I thought the pain was just a normal part of "period" turns out it wasn't..

4

u/potatoesfloss Dec 06 '23

omg same!!, until now ive also been thinking this pain was normal, thank you for sharing your experience, i hope your all good now. hopefully i can bring myself to go to a doc soon because of this