Doctor reveals condition medics are terrible at diagnosing
GROWING up, Gabriella Pearson, and Anna Cooper each knew the crippling pain they suffered with during their period could not be normal.Gabriella Pearson, 31, has had five surgeries on the damage caused to her bowel, womb, fallopian tubes, bladder and ovariesBut getting diagnosed takes an average of eight years and 10 months, according to new research published this March to mark
While Gabriella struggles to have a baby, Anna must use a stoma bag due to the damage on their reproductive organs. These cells behave in the same way as those in the womb. When a woman goes through her period she’s not just bleeding from the womb, but other parts of the body where the tissue has grown.
It’s hard not to consider what might have been different if I had been taken seriously from the start and treated earlier“And I didn’t yet realise how much my health had been irreversibly damaged in that time.” Gabriella has been put on chemical menopause three times in the hope it would reduce her lifelong pain.
“I live with two stomas, agonising pain, exhaustion and horrific and irreversible harm to my bladder and bowel.Anna shares a daughter, Grace, eight, with Scott. “Women must feel empowered, informed, and understood. Our health should be prioritised. It’s never ‘just a period pain'."Endometriosis is a condition where cells similar to the ones in the lining of the womb are found elsewhere in the body.
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