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Wow. It is almost as if women are human too. They can feel pain. Shocking.

About fu**ing time. I had an IUD in 1972 (fantastic birth control) but I still remember how much it hurt putting in.

I love when they mansplain periods, like “ It’s only a couple tablespoons of blood”. I once covered the entire floor of a communal shower room with my period!!!

An ER doc advised my sister to go home & not take up a hospital bed that someone might “really”need when she had excruciating abdominal pain. She insisted. Good thing. She had stage 1 colon cancer that was blocking her intestine. No one knows their body better than the person who owns it.

I worked at a pediatric gyn clinic that would sedate teenagers who opted for IUDs. But me, an adult female, had to endure the agony of insertion with only ibuprofen that I took at home. It’s shameful how we expect women to endure needless pain.

yeah, really..... WTAF....

It should? I can't believe that nobody has been talking about this until now

Major medical group clues into the idea that women are full human beings and can feel pain. 🙄 it's 20 fukn 25

Hella late. Women should be the ones in charge of things just saying men have been in charge for way to long and look where it has gotten us

What? Women’s pain during medical procedures should be…treated? Novel concept there! Smh. I’m glad for the recommendation but geez Louise. We’ve been treated like livestock by our doctors for far too long.

FINALLY

I remember stopping the doc mid procedure because I got light headed and felt the buzz that I was about to pass out.

"...amid a growing recognition that women are actually people. In other news, the sun is hot and grass is green." Fixed it for ya!

News flash: Women feel pain too! Wow, who knew???

Men would be incapable of withstanding the pain women are expected to endure as part of our daily living.

I was supposed to get them every 4 months and I was like fuck that. You’re lucky to see me once a year!

"A growing recognition that women's pain should be treated" in the year 2025, in case folks are wondering why feminism is still necessary.

Of course they did. My mom had a tremendous amount of head pain, gall bladder which nearly killed her and was either over or under medicated. She couldn’t possibly have had pain like she said. 🥲 She died of a brain aneurysm in and I always wondered what would have happened if she been listened to.

My body parts are apparently at a slightly abnormal angle, so it took 3 doctors, an ultrasound machine, and 45 minutes to get the damned thing in. The entire process was painful. It got rid of my migraines, so it was worth it, but some Novocaine would have been nice.

I had a needle in a VERY sensitive spot before a biopsy and the needle was so incredibly painful I think feeling the scalpel would have hurt less

Finally, a medical group that's on the same wavelength as our IUD-insertion-pain- sharing circle! Now, if only AI could hack into those pain-blocking treatments and make them even more efficient, we'd be golden.

I almost passed out when they yanked mine out

Second class citizens.

Right?? Why did I have to raw dog that?

YEEEESH!!!!

Yup. It's incredibly painful, and they just want you to deal with it.

Was the medical community NOT recognizing that women's pain should be treated? Am I missing something in this headline? What is wrong with this world?

Paps can be extremely painful and can cause a lot of an anxiety for SA victims and those with some other medical issues. I really would opt in for this a trip for a pap is unbearable for me.

Why did it take so long? That the words "Women's Pain Should Be Treated" is a headline is a whole new kind of painful to read.

“a growing recognition that women’s pain should be treated…” are you fucking kidding me?!?

trump uses plugs sources say ..............................

When I came round in recovery, my bed, gown, and pad were soaked with blood. My recovery from the procedure took months longer, and I didn't stop bleeding until almost four months after the procedure. How anyone could consider doing this without general anaesthetic is barbaric.

Gee, who would have thought that women could feel PAIN?

Dah!!

I drove 3 hrs to get my IUD. Was never offered numbing and was not warned my body could reject it. Crippling pain. I couldn't focus on driving and quickly returned to the office, but they were dismissive and told me I had to go to my regular gynecologist to have it removed. Longest drive home ever.

So like when they say IT HURTS. Do something? Wild.

Medical misogyny kills women everyday by gaslighting women about our own pain and lives experiences. We are still very much behind in medical equality, let along treatment for pain management.

"Standard and accepted practice is to not spare the inventory, but some critics say women are people now" type headline. Got the politics writers doing healthcare headlines these days?

I've given birth with no pain meds. IUD insertion is at least as painful as the worst of it.

This is like reading "a major medical group now recommends pain-block treatments for SURGERY." Women are sentient beings! Film at 11!

Finally! Hearing the words,“this will be uncomfortable but don’t move” might actually become a thing of the past?

It’s about effing time.

I’m with you all the way. Total sarcasm.

Sarcasm. I’m with you all the way.

Women aren’t actually people to most of them.

Had to double check to make sure this wasn't an Onion article...

They should have thought of that before they decided to be women.

Pap smears are painful. Periods can be excruciating. But that’s been eye rolled for decades.

So agreed. My wife had horrible experiences with insertion and removal. Noone should have to go through that... or have their pain minimized by (often male) doctors.

Good to know not everyone is running away from Women's medical needs.

I also passed out from the pain. I will never forget the medical insult of IUD insertion without anesthesia.

because most medicine is designed to treat men. women are just expected to "suck it up". and any woman who is darker than a glass of milk is treated even worse.

To everyone getting an IUD: ask for local. For some reason doctors don't offer you local right off the bat, but if you ask for it, the doctor will use it. Naturally, I didn't find this out from a doctor, but from a coworker who had already gone through the process

Treat women’s pain?! Duh.

Getting it taken out is 1000x worse

It’s shocking that it has to come to this. Women are routinely ignored on feedback and symptoms. The shut-up-and-take-it mentality for women has always been engrained into our society.

Hey chat, quick question, do women feel pain?

How 🤬 long did it take you geniuses to figure that out? Women scream during childbirth because it feels good.

I can still remember the pain, 30 years later. Horrible procedure!

I just had a procedure that removed three “things” (one large) from my uterus and they told me to take ibuprofen after. Last week.

wtaf

"No consideration for the patient" Hell of a slogan.

Wait, so does that mean you're finally listening to us when we tell you that these things hurt and we would like some pain relief? You're finally listening to us when we're telling you about our own valid experiences.

Finally.

I required repeated cervical biopsies for years, they always scheduled them during the lunch hour so my screaming wouldn’t disturb other patients. And that was with a female gynecologist.

Funny enough, they actually did mention that to me. At the same time they said "but you're fine to go back to work after". Sir, I have endo. Nothing is that predictable!

Oh turns out the property feels pain AND has the temerity to speak up? Groundbreaking work there

what a breakthrough!

My daughter just had a procedure yesterday. The provider did not offer her any form of pain management and when she asked, they said they “weren’t set up for this yet.”

'Bout time.

Okay. My insertions were fine, but the removal if the copper chain was traumatic. I don't think pain meds would have helped, though.

Yes yes yes. Seeing that tool with the orange infuriates me even after 40yrs.

This is the tool they use. No local anesthesia.

Ditto. Made me never want to see an ob/gyn again.

Doctors never believe women. Male pain is real. Women are hysterical.

About forking time!!

"This just in: IUD insertion is incredibly painful and ibuprofen isn't cutting it." No shit, Sherlock. NO SHIT, SHERLOCK.

They won’t do it. They think we’re lying about things being painful. Or, they believe is and they don’t give a shit.

The world is designed by men for the convenience of men.

Neutrality here is absolutely bonkers. Women's pain is routinely dismissed and diminished, but NPR is like, oh a medical group says women feel pain, huh.

Really? Are you sure you don’t want to talk about Biden’s frailty instead?

You’re my freaking hero!!!

About time.

I need one and am too scared to get one 😕

How very magnanimous.

After 3 failed endometrial biopsies with no anaesthetic ("you might feel a little tug"), I refused to have another one without being put out. Gynecology is nothing short of torture.

I had a very painful and intrusive uerine biopsy and they refused to give me pain meds and I will NEVER undergo anything like that again. I reported it all to Kaiser and they bent over backwards to avoid my suing them with all sorts of apologies. But that doesn't help the trauma.

IUD placement without pain mitigation is gynecological violence.

FFS Why was this even a question?!

#Momsky is amazing!! Welcome!

Wait, women have nerve endings and their pain is real?! I was told to take a preemptive ibuprofen for a Skyla. I have a high pain threshold, but DAMN. It felt like getting stabbed from the inside. I had to curl up in a ball for about 10 minutes afterward. Then heating pads for the rest of the day.

It's disgusting that this is even news. It's just an indication as to how normal it is to treat women as lesser. For the moment, in this one instance, we are going to listen to women and treat them with care, and that makes a national, highly reputable news platform.

Oh. I was simply comparing it to Saudi Arabia. It is 100% fascists and Born again Rvangelucals.

Can attest that is true. I thought it was bc I was nursing but still, a choice would have been nice.

Why would it not be treated in the first place?! WTF?!

The Onion you've done it aga- oh.