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This week, Parliament launched an inquiry into endometriosis

The condition affects more than 1.5 million women in Britain

But 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/

‘It took 14 years for my GP to take my endometriosis seriously’

It's a condition that affects one in 10 women in the UK and yet it can be astonishingly difficult to be correctly diagnosed by doctors

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

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

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/

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