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Women’s health: Endometriosis

Endometriosis affects 1.5 million in the UK - and can take on average a shocking eight years to diagnose. Kathy Oxtoby reports on its signs, symptoms and treatment, and what practitioners can do to support and advise women with this potentially debilitating condition.

Endometriosis affects 1.5 million in the UK – and can take on average a shocking eight years to diagnose. Kathy Oxtoby reports on its signs, symptoms and treatment, and what practitioners can do to support and advise women with this potentially debilitating condition.

Endometriosis is a growing issue with heavy health consequences. It can decrease quality of life due to severe pain, fatigue, depression, anxiety, and infertility.1 For some, debilitating endometriosis-associated pain will prevent them from going to work or school.1 What is endometriosis? Endometriosis is “a condition where cells similar to the ones lining the womb are found elsewhere in the body”, says Faye Farthing, head of communications at the charity Endometriosis UK. She explains that each month, these cells react to the menstrual cycle in the same way to those in the womb, building up and then breaking down and bleeding. Unlike

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