It is extremely important because for too long young girls and women have suffered this chronic disease without getting medical assistance. Women's reproductive organs are badly affected and damaged by this condition. Not only that, it affects them emotionally, relationally psychologically and financially. For most women this condition has led to infertility.
Personal testimony:
"I was a victim from 13 years of age till I menopaused at 52 recently, from day one of my menstrual cycle I suffered severe pelvic pain and it proceeded to other parts of the body. I was diagnosed at 27 years old with stage 4 endometriosis. At that time I was married and trying to conceive, only to find that my entire reproductive system was damaged. Doctors tried, I conceived several times and miscarried all those pregnancies.
Then I suffered 2 ectopic pregnancies. All my children died in the womb because someone downplayed and called "normal" the monthly horrible pains I suffered 14 days of every month without fail"Please add your name to this petition to support the call for early and accurate endometriosis diagnosis.
References
[1] The low down on endometriosis. By Samantha Lee-Jacobs for News24. 01 April 2024
https://www.news24.com/news24/community-newspaper/peoples-post/the-low-down-on-endometriosis-20240401[2] Endometriosis among African women. By Mecha, E. O., Njagi, J. N., Makunja, R. N., A Omwandho, C. O., K Saunders, P. T., & Horne, A. W. for
Reproduction & Fertility,
3(3), C40.
https://doi.org/10.1530/RAF-22-0040. July 2022.
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