This week, Parliament launched an inquiry into endometriosis https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩‍⚕️" title="Woman health worker" aria-label="Emoji: Woman health worker">

The condition affects more than 1.5 million women in Britain https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📈" title="Tabelle mit Aufwärtstrend" aria-label="Emoji: Tabelle mit Aufwärtstrend">

But how much do we really know about the debilitating health issue? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷" title="Person shrugging" aria-label="Emoji: Person shrugging"> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/took-14-years-gp-take-endometriosis-seriously/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fi...

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& #39;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

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