by Endo Australia Digital | Aug 13, 2021 | Endo research and education, Endo stories
My period has never resembled those period product ads that used to be on the TV. You know the ones where the smiling girl with perfect hair and makeup is frolicking in a fountain inexcusably wearing a white linen ensemble. Instead, my period involves floods of blood,...
by Endo Australia Digital | Aug 7, 2021 | Endo medical, Endo research and education
One major symptom of endometriosis that is often overlooked and under-appreciated is fatigue. Endometriosis-related fatigue is shown to be one of the most debilitating symptoms of the disease, leading to significant distress (1). Even accounting for other causes of...
by Endo Australia Digital | Jul 18, 2021 | Endo medical, Fertility and pregnancy
For many women with endometriosis, the potential effect of the disease on their fertility is a concern. Reassuringly, the majority of women with endometriosis will be able to conceive naturally with about a third of women having fertility issues. But what happens once...
by Endo Australia Digital | Jul 10, 2021 | Endo stories
I first felt the symptoms of endometriosis as a young teen, with periods so heavy I was having to change my tampon every 20 minutes – not conducive with the freedom and agility one should feel at age 14. Like most teenagers with even the vaguest of hormonal...
by Endo Australia Digital | Jul 3, 2021 | Endo medical
Warning: This post contains surgical imagery that some may find graphic. Endometriosis is the presence of tissue similar to that of the endometrial lining that grows outside the uterus. It is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting up to one in seven girls, women,...
