Severe Period Pain Is Not Normal (SPPINN)

This course is designed to help you to identify when period pain is not normal, to understand the impact of severe period pain, and learn about associated conditions.

Just over half the population can expect to have periods during their lifetimes. Many people suffer from severe period pain which can have a significant impact on their life. This course is designed to help you identify when period pain is not normal, understand the impact of severe period pain, and learn about associated conditions, particularly endometriosis. Endometriosis can be difficult to diagnose because symptoms are often misidentified as ‘normal’ period pain.

Throughout the course content we refer to girls and young women and young people to be inclusive of everyone having periods or period pain.

Introductory Quiz

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Introduction – what do you already know?

Module 1 – What is severe period pain?

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Severe period pain is not normal Severe period pain and young people What to do when period pain isn't normal

Module 2 – Severe period pain and endometriosis

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What is endometriosis? What causes endometriosis?

Module 3- Endometriosis symptoms and diagnostic delay

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What are the main symptoms of endometriosis? Why does endometriosis take so long to diagnose? Why is it important to avoid diagnostic delay?

Module 4 – Tracking and reporting symptoms

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Referring to a GP The Endometriosis Cymru symptom tracker

Module 5 – Patient self management tools

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Practical resources

Module 6 – Conclusion and evaluation

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Conclusion and evaluation