Menstrual Pain and Loneliness: The Mediating Role of Physical Functioning

Menstrual Pain and Loneliness: The Mediating Role of Physical Functioning By Hale Goksever Celik

Menstrual pain is one of the most common health problems among menstruating individuals, with moderate-to-severe pain (dysmenorrhea) affecting up to 80%. Beyond its physical and economic burden, the social consequences of menstrual pain are less well understood. In a new…

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The higher the cyst fluid iron concentration, the more severe the pain symptom for endometrioma

The higher the cyst fluid iron concentration, the more severe the pain symptom for endometrioma By Hale Goksever Celik

Endometriosis usually is encountered in three different forms: superficial peritoneal endometriosis, ovarian cysts (endometrioma) and deep infiltrating endometriosis. Endometrioma can be identified as cystic lesions consisting of dark brown endometrial fluid and are sometimes referred to as "chocolate cysts." The presence…

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