According to the survey, more than half of the respondents said that menstrual pain seriously affects life organization, promotes resources to promote women's health

The Women's Affairs Committee of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong held a press conference today (5th) to announce the results of a survey on menstrual pain. It was found that more than 85% of the respondents had experienced menstrual pain, and 30% of them would describe their menstrual pain as level eight or above. Half of the respondents said that menstrual pain has seriously affected their daily life or work, but less than 40% would seek medical advice or professional advice for menstrual illness, and nearly half of the respondents did not have regular gynecological examinations.

The association suggested that the government allocate more resources to allow community women's groups to do more related work in the region, strengthen activities to promote women's health, and increase women's health services to improve women's health awareness.

The Women's Affairs Committee of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong announced the results of a survey on menstrual pain concerns.

(provided by respondents)

The Women’s Affairs Committee of the DAB interviewed 555 women aged 12 or above, and found that more than 85% of the respondents had experienced menstrual pain, and 30% of them would describe their menstrual pain as grade eight or above, and 8.4% of them rated it as “ten “Grade Pain” to describe menstrual pain.

The results also reflected that more than half of the respondents said that menstrual pain seriously affected their daily life or work.

30% of women say menstrual pain reaches grade 8

However, in terms of dealing with menstrual pain, more than half of the respondents would choose to "sleep and rest", followed by nearly half of the respondents said they would take painkillers.

However, less than 40% of the respondents would seek medical treatment or professional advice.

The survey also found that nearly half of the respondents did not have regular gynecological examinations.

Ge Peifan, chairman of the Women's Affairs Committee of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong and member of the Legislative Council, mentioned at the meeting that menstrual pain can be severe or minor, and serious problems can lead to infertility, premature ovarian failure, miscarriage and other problems. I didn't pay much attention to it, until I fainted, I found out that I had uterine fibroids, and I needed to perform a minimally invasive surgery to remove the uterine fibroids.

She continued to take uterine fibroids as an example. Small tumors can be treated with minimally invasive treatment. If the tumors are ignored, major surgery will be required. It can be seen that the delay in diagnosis and treatment and medical treatment will affect women's bodies, fertility opportunities and life plans.

Women's health awareness should be raised

Lin Lin, a member of the Council and a member of the Legislative Council, said that she also delayed treatment because of the concept of "menstrual pain is normal". It was not until she went to the hospital for an examination that she was in unbearable pain that she found chocolate tumor (also known as endometrioma, endometriosis) one) up to tens of centimeters must be surgically removed.

She believes that the local publicity and attention to women's health is insufficient. She suggested that the government allocate more resources and cooperate with regional groups to strengthen the promotion of women's health activities. It should also increase the women's health services provided by the current women's health centers and health centers to improve women's health. health awareness.

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