Education and Research
Knowledge and awareness
Endometriosis education and research is being updated as more studies are done.
Keep up-to-date by following our blogs, and help contribute by signing up for a current research study.
Knowledge and awareness
Endometriosis education and research is being updated as more studies are done. Keep up-to-date by following our blogs, and help contribute by signing up for a current research study.
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 girls, women, and those assigned female at birth* live with 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.
Endometriosis most often affects the reproductive organs but it can also be found in and around the bowel and bladder. It has been found in every part of the body, including the skin, joints, lungs and brain.
Education and Research Blog
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...
Patient voice loud and clear for endometriosis research
Not everyone with endometriosis will experience the same symptoms or in the same way – it’s different for everyone....
Endometriosis and your relationship with food
Picture this. You have experienced painful periods since they first started. When you brought it up, it was normalised...