Endometriosis, secret enemy
"Menstrual Pain, will pass". This is the most common response to the estimated three million women who, in Italy, suffering from endometriosis. A disease originated from more or large portions of the endometrium, the tissue that covers the female genital organ, which develop from other parts. For example in the last part of the intestine or in the ovaries. Unfortunately for these women, these are mainly young people between 25 and 34 years at the beginning the feeling is not to be believed, so much so that to arrive at a diagnosis often it takes years.
from "Il Secolo XIX" - "Menstrual Pain, will pass". This is the most common response to the estimated three million women who, in Italy, suffering from endometriosis. A disease originated from more or large portions of the endometrium, the tissue that covers the female genital organ, which develop from other parts. For example in the last part of the intestine or in the ovaries. Unfortunately for these women, these are mainly young people between 25 and 34 years at the beginning the feeling is not to be believed, so much so that to arrive at a diagnosis often it takes years.According to data recently released by the Ministry of Health, even the hassles begin already in teenegers. Seven out of 10 patients with symptoms of the disease since they are teenagers, but to assume the cause of the disturbance takes time. Too long, considering that 47 percent of teenage girls should consult specialists 5 before receiving the diagnosis. Meanwhile, the pain that is getting stronger and is not limited only "in those days", but also far surpasses the menstrual discharge.
