By Charis Chambers, MD ·Updated March 27, 2026 < /> Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… For generations, Black women with debilitating pelvic pain have been dismissed and disregarded. They have been told it’s just cramps or to take Ibuprofen. They have been instructed to lose weight, eat better, or reduce their stress. They have been labeled as dramatic or difficult. Their pain has been attributed to everything, but what it so often is: endometriosis.
Endometriosis is a chronic condition traditionally associated with period pain, but it doesn’t just live and grow around the uterus, tubes, and ovaries. It can affect the bowels, bladder, diaphragm, lungs, and even the brain. It is a leading cause of endometriosis Prevent and Protect
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