Hello, I’d like to talk about tear gas real quick https://twitter.com/david_schuman/status/1381783534256406534

If you are a person with uterus, and you observe drastic changes in your menstrual cycle, please seek a medical professional. Tear gas messes with us in ways beyond what we can imagine

Miscarriages, heavy periods, fibroids etc

I always stress this cause tear gas had me walking around with four large tumors that were the size of a 6 month pregnancy. I had no idea what happened to my body until I read cases about tear gas causing miscarriages and spoke with several other friends who noticed

Drastic changes in their periods

Currently folks still “argue” about if there’s enough science to prove that tear gas is harmful in this way

I’m not a scientist, I’m not a doctor. I’m just a woman who had HUGE fibroids at the age of 24/25 after being exposed to tear gas.

My doctors describe their size and my age as an anomaly

Here’s a thread about tear gas canisters in homes. Tear gas was developed as a weapon used outside, shooting those canisters indoors is an intentional tactic to displace people from their homes https://twitter.com/myhandsratede/status/1267628572824535040

I don’t know the language to explain how much it shook me to be told at 24/25 that there was a possibility that a hysterectomy was the only option for me.

I’m grateful that wasn’t my end and will not be my end but the fact that there was even a chance. Whew.

So please please please don’t wait to seek medical care