Shining a light on endometriosis: time to listen and take action

BMC Medicine
BMC medicine · 2023 · vol. 21(1) , pp. 107 · doi:10.1186/s12916-023-02820-y · PMID:36949451 · W4353057814
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This editorial discusses endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory condition affecting 1 in 10 reproductive-age women, highlighting its devastating effects and the need for increased awareness, early diagnosis, and action.

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This BMC Medicine editorial discusses endometriosis as a common chronic inflammatory condition characterized by endometrial-like tissue growing outside the uterus and driving symptoms during menstruation, including chronic pelvic pain, painful periods, dyspareunia, fatigue, and sometimes heavy bleeding and infertility. It highlights key problems leading to underdiagnosis—limited research progress, normalization and dismissal of menstrual pain by both patients and healthcare providers, and societal stigma—while noting that symptom severity does not reliably track lesion extent and that some patients are asymptomatic. The editorial also states there is currently no cure, but cites reported improvements in pain after laparoscopy and emphasizes long delays to diagnosis (often over 7 years). This paper does not explicitly discuss adenomyosis; it is centrally about endometriosis — an editorial advocating for increased awareness, education, and coordinated action to reduce diagnosis delays and stigma in endometriosis.

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Condition tags

mesh:D004715endometriosis

MeSH descriptors

Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Humans Humans Humans Humans

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