Teenagers who have moderate or severe period pain are much more likely to develop chronic pain as adults, according to research.
Shouldn't that be 'teenage girls'? They are, after all. the ones who menstuate.
Researchers said the findings should serve as a wake-up call to improve menstrual education, reduce stigma, and ensure young people have access to effective support and treatment early on.
Ensure 'young girls' have access, you mean?
Academics at the University of Oxford analysed data from more than 1,100 participants in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children and found that, compared with those who did not have painful menses, those with severe period pain (dysmenorrhoea) at 15 years old had a 76% higher risk of chronic pain by the age of 26, while those with moderate period pain were 65% more likely to have chronic pain as adults. While previous research has focused on pelvic pain, the authors say this study, funded by the Medical Research Foundation and published in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal, is the first to reveal a link between adolescent period pain and chronic pain in other parts of the body.
They really are going out of their way to avoid saying which sex they are talking about, aren't they?
While anxiety and depression could play a role in the development of chronic pain as an adult, the study found this was only a minor factor. The researchers believe that greater “neuroplasticity” during adolescence could make teenage brains more sensitive to repeated pain signals, which could change how they process pain in the brain.
What changed how scientists and journalists process reality in their brain, that they can write an article that avoids clarity until almost half way down the page? Surely that's the bigger question?
