(University of Melbourne/ Medical Xpress) — Some cases of endometriosis in Australia are taking up to eight years to diagnose, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Endometriosis is a progressive, chronic condition where tissue that lines the uterus (the endometrium) grows in other parts of the body. This most commonly occurs in the pelvis and can affect other parts of the body.
Professor Martha Hickey from the University of Melbourne Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Royal Women’s Hospital is one of the authors of a practice report titled “Endometriosis—easily missed,” which provides new guidance for clinicians to increase awareness of endometriosis and avoid the long diagnostic delays that many women experience. (…)