#menstrual cycle
Farah Mohamed, a 32-year-old project manager, had always assumed that the excruciating pain of menstruation was a universal experience for women. It was not until she fell to her knees in pain and sought medical care in 2023 that she learned that her intense discomfort was not a normal part of the menstrual cycle, but rather a painful symptom of endometriosis. Also known as uterine lining migration, endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory illness whose cause remains unknown, with no known…
