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
Endometriosis in Australia is now estimated to be 1 in 7 females and those assigned female at birth
ENDOMETRIOSIS in AUSTRALIA AIHW Report 2023 1 in 7 females and those assigned female at birth, or 14% of girls and...
Can you be diagnosed with endometriosis from an ultrasound?
By Ms Alison Deslandes (IMAGENDO researcher) and A/Prof George Condous Endometriosis is a complex condition which can...
Pain science education for pelvic pain
What is pain science education? Pain science education aims to help people better understand what pain is, how it...
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 connection between inflammation and the menstrual cycle? This article breaks it down. What is the...
Anatomy 101 for surgical removal of endometriosis
Content warning: This article contains images that may be graphic for some readers. Knowing some basic knowledge of...
The A-Z of physiotherapy treatments in endometriosis
Often those with endometriosis find their pelvic floor muscles and nervous system become sensitive which increases...
Endometriosis and the microbiome
The human microbiome project (HMP) was first discussed in 2007 where it described humans as “Supra-organisms,” – a...