Endometriosis affects more than 1.5 million women in Britain but how much do we really know about the health issue? 🤷📈
In an exclusive interview, @emmahayes1 and @CHenshawGB share their experience with the condition.
telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/…
In an exclusive interview, @emmahayes1 and @CHenshawGB share their experience with the condition.
telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/…
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
Symptoms include:
Painful periods
Pain during/after intercourse
Pain with bowel movements/urination
Excessive bleeding
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” says @BeccaFowles
telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness…
“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” says @BeccaFowles
telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness…
The average time it takes a woman to receive a diagnosis is eight years
True!
It took seven-and-a-half years of uncertainty and second-guessing her own pain for @CHenshawGB to be diagnosed.
👉telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/…
It took seven-and-a-half years of uncertainty and second-guessing her own pain for @CHenshawGB to be diagnosed.
👉telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/…
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