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A Debilitating Illness, Often Ignored
Nearly one in 10 women experience the chronic pain of
endometriosis,
but for many, the symptoms are dismissed. Why is this still
happening?
NYT
July 18, 2022
Updated 11:17 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/
well/live/endometriosis-symptoms-treatment.html
endometriosis
- a chronic disorder in which tissue similar
to that which normally lines the uterus
instead grows outside it.
USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/
health/endometriosis-griffith-uterus.html
endometriosis,
a chronic
inflammatory condition
that
affects one in 10 women globally, UK
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/02/
a-common-treatment-for-endometriosis-could-actually-be-making-things-worse
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/02/
a-common-treatment-for-endometriosis-
could-actually-be-making-things-worse
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/
health/endometriosis-griffith-uterus.html
endometriosis UK
https://www.theguardian.com/society/
endometriosis
http://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2015/sep/28/
what-is-endometriosis-guide
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/28/
endometriosis-20-things-every-woman-and-every-doctor-should-know
http://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2015/sep/27/
the-pain-is-paralysing-30-women-describe-living-with-endometriosis
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/28/
endometriosis-hidden-suffering-millions-women
India >
endometriosis UK
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/may/01/
indias-taboos-around-womens-pain-
leave-endometriosis-sufferers-in-agony-acc
endometriosis USA
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/16/
1186533247/endometriosis-a-painful-and-often-overlooked-disease-
gets-attention-in-a-new-fil
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/
well/live/endometriosis-symptoms-treatment.html
debilitating illness
USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/
well/live/endometriosis-symptoms-treatment.html
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