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Endometriosis symptoms and when to see doctor as painful periods 'not normal'
01.03.2022 - 19:55 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Today marks the start of Endometriosis Awareness Month.
Endometriosis is a common, sometimes debilitating but often ignored gynaecological disease.
The conditions affects one in ten women and those assigned female at birth between puberty and menopause, although the impact may be felt for life.
Symptoms often range from painful periods and chronic pelvic pain to pain during or after sex as well as toilet trouble and fatigue.
Unfortunately, symptoms can include difficultly falling pregnant.
The type and severity of symptoms experienced varies depending on where the endometriosis is growing.
In a bid to help women get diagnosed and therefore receive treatment, Endometriosis UK is urging anyone experiencing painful periods and pelvic pain to get in touch with their doctor.
It comes as new data revealed that 89 per cent of women aged 16-24-years-old, and 76 per cent of all women, are likely to put off going to the doctor due to painful periods.
This applied even when the pain interfered with their day-to-day activities.
Most women stated they assumed painful periods are "a normal part of life" with many avoiding medical attention at the fear of not being taken seriously.
The date found that women did not want to "trouble the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic".
Endometriosis UK explained that those with the disease often have their symptoms dismissed, not believed, or told it is ‘normal’.
Shockingly, takes an average of eight years to get a diagnosis of endometriosis in the UK - a figure that hasn’t changed in a decade - during which time, the disease may progress.
Endometriosis is where cells similar to those in the lining of the womb grow in other places – most commonly elsewhere in the pelvic cavity.
These cells react in the same
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