National Survey Shows Most U.S. Women Don’t Recognize Symptoms of Endometriosis

A nationwide survey led by HealthyWomen, an independent women’s health organization based in Red Bank, New Jersey, shows a big gap in how women and healthcare professionals understand endometriosis.

Endometriosis causes painful intercourse, long-term pelvic pain and other symptoms. Yet the poll showed that not even a third of the women surveyed correctly recognized all the pain-associated symptoms of endometriosis. In addition, two-thirds of the women surveyed knew someone who had endometriosis but rarely discussed pelvic pain with that person.

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