There could be more to your persistent ‘stomach ache’

A persistent pain on the right side of her stomach had become part of Uwimana’s life.  She often complained about it, but her brothers would dismiss it as ‘women’s issues’ and tell her to ‘handle it like a real African woman.’  It was only after she collapsed under the pain did everyone realise that there was more to her pain. Her appendix had ruptured.
The New Times
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