Blogs from our Clinical Advisory Committee
Endometriosis Australia has a dedicated team of medical and allied health professionals who help promote awareness and knowledge of the disease and its current research regarding diagnosis, treatments, and studies.
Blogs from our Clinical Advisory Committee
Endometriosis Australia has a dedicated team of medical professionals who help promote awareness and knowledge of the disease and its current research regarding diagnosis, treatments, and studies.
What is Endometriosis?
Endometriosis is a common disease where tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows outside it in other parts of the body. More than 830,000 (more than 11%) of Australian women, girls, and those who are gender diverse suffer from endometriosis at some point in their life with the disease often starting in teenagers.
Symptoms are variable and this may contribute to the 6.5 year delay in diagnosis. Common symptoms include pelvic pain that puts life on hold around or during a person’s period. It can impact fertility for some but not for all.
Whilst endometriosis is most often found in the area around the reproductive organs, it can also be found in the bowel and bladder and has been found in muscle, joints, the lungs and the brain.
Medical Blogs
Genetics and endometriosis: What we know and how it can help treatment
Written by Dr Brett McKinnon, Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, UQ Endometriosis in the family It...
Why is it so difficult to get an endometriosis diagnosis?
In Australia, people with period pain or other gynaecological symptoms can wait on average of 6.4 years before their...
Inflammation and the menstrual cycle
What is the menstrual cycle? The female reproductive organs (the organs used for having a baby) include: The vagina,...