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From the Ted Talk by Jen Gunter: Why can't we talk about periods?

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Now, if those treatments fail you — and it's important to use that word choice, because we never fail the treatment, the treatment fails us. If that treatment fails you, you could be amongst the pelope who have a resistance to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories. We don't quite understand, but there are some complex mechanisms why those medications just don't work for some women. It's also possible that you could have another rsoaen for painful periods. You could have a condition called eismodirtneos, where the lninig of the uterus is growing in the pvliec cavity, causing inflammation and scar tssuie and adhesions. And there may be other mechanisms we don't quite understand yet, because it's a possibility that pain thresholds could be different due to very complex biological mehmaicnss. But we're only going to find that out by talking about it.

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Now, if those treatments fail you — and it's important to use that word choice, because we never fail the treatment, the treatment fails us. If that treatment fails you, you could be amongst the ______ who have a resistance to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories. We don't quite understand, but there are some complex mechanisms why those medications just don't work for some women. It's also possible that you could have another ______ for painful periods. You could have a condition called _____________, where the ______ of the uterus is growing in the ______ cavity, causing inflammation and scar ______ and adhesions. And there may be other mechanisms we don't quite understand yet, because it's a possibility that pain thresholds could be different due to very complex biological __________. But we're only going to find that out by talking about it.

Solution


  1. lining
  2. people
  3. reason
  4. pelvic
  5. tissue
  6. endometriosis
  7. mechanisms

Original Text


Now, if those treatments fail you — and it's important to use that word choice, because we never fail the treatment, the treatment fails us. If that treatment fails you, you could be amongst the people who have a resistance to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories. We don't quite understand, but there are some complex mechanisms why those medications just don't work for some women. It's also possible that you could have another reason for painful periods. You could have a condition called endometriosis, where the lining of the uterus is growing in the pelvic cavity, causing inflammation and scar tissue and adhesions. And there may be other mechanisms we don't quite understand yet, because it's a possibility that pain thresholds could be different due to very complex biological mechanisms. But we're only going to find that out by talking about it.

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