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As a teenager, Jane Putnam was told by a male doctor her "bad periods" were something she would have to live with.
She said one period "made me think I was going to die"
Her endometriosis diagnosis came by accident when she suffered an ectopic pregnancy https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/felt-gaslighted-medical-community-endometriosis/
She said one period "made me think I was going to die"
Her endometriosis diagnosis came by accident when she suffered an ectopic pregnancy https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/felt-gaslighted-medical-community-endometriosis/
A new study suggests that women who regularly use sunbeds are 10% more likely to develop endometriosis https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/worrying-link-sunbed-use-endometriosis/
"At 16, I was rushed to hospital but was told that 'periods are not an emergency.' Now I’ve been told that it was probably a ruptured ovarian cyst" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/speaking-publicly-private-parts/
“There’s no getting away from the fact I have a chronic illness and there’s no cure. I have to cancel plans, and it affects my sex life. Sex hurts me”
How much do we really know about the debilitating health issue?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/took-14-years-gp-take-endometriosis-seriously/
How much do we really know about the debilitating health issue?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/took-14-years-gp-take-endometriosis-seriously/
Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women
TRUE: Endometriosis is a chronic condition where tissue similar to the womb lining grows elsewhere, such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes
Symptoms include:
Painful periods
Pain during/after intercourse
Pain with bowel movements/urination
Excessive bleeding
Infertility
Symptoms include:
Painful periods
Pain during/after intercourse
Pain with bowel movements/urination
Excessive bleeding
Infertility
20% of people visited their GP more than 10 times before diagnosis
FALSE: It's 58%
“It goes back hundreds of years to women being treated as inferior humans. The majority of medical testing is done on white males. It’s ingrained in our society & the medical system that women have periods & they hurt & that’s just what it is,” says @BeccaFowles
“It goes back hundreds of years to women being treated as inferior humans. The majority of medical testing is done on white males. It’s ingrained in our society & the medical system that women have periods & they hurt & that’s just what it is,” says @BeccaFowles
The average time it takes a woman to receive a diagnosis is eight years
TRUE: The All-Party Political Group inquiry found 53% of people attended A&E with symptoms of endometriosis before diagnosis
Get clued up on endometriosis here https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/took-14-years-gp-take-endometriosis-seriously/
