One out of 10 women suffer from endometriosis.
This common but under researched disease affects the uterus, and causes the endometrial lining, which normally grows inside the uterus, to develop and grow outside, sometimes sticking to other organs.
The most common symptoms include pain during menstruation, including severe menstrual cramps, back pain, irregular periods and even fertility issues.
While endometriosis is treatable, there is no cure, and the only way to get diagnosed and to remove the tissue is through an invasive laparoscopy performed by experts. On average, it can take eight to 10 years to get diagnosed, and the lack of a cure and limited treatments led to the month of March being designated Endometriosis Awareness Month.
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March 5, 2021
DELMARVA – March marks Endometriosis Awareness Month, and one woman is doing everything she can to spread awareness of the disease.
Shannon Hannawald says she’s suffered through the disease for the past twenty years and now wants to spread awareness so other women don’t have to go through what she has. So she’s recruited several towns across the shore to light up yellow for the month to start conversations around the disease.
Hannawald tells us it’s really important to get people talking about this disease, because not many people know much about it.
“Nobody really knows what it is, and it doesn’t really affect you until it affects you personally or someone that you love, and it’s still really hard to understand,” she said. “So many women suffer from it, and doctors dismiss it like it’s nothing, most of them will look at you like you’re making it up because they don’t know anything about it.”
Shady Grove Fertility (SGF) Reminds Women with Endometriosis Who are Trying to Conceive, Support is Available
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The month of March is dedicated to raising awareness, educating the public, and increasing access to endometriosis resources to help women make better healthcare decisions. SGF has 30-year history of acknowledging and assisting with this effort.
“Being diagnosed with endometriosis doesn’t mean a woman’s pathway to pregnancy in unachievable, but rather she has a higher risk of requiring fertility treatment down the road. ROCKVILLE, Md. (PRWEB) March 04, 2021
Shady Grove Fertility (SGF), a national leader in infertility and IVF care, honors Endometriosis Awareness Month by providing free resources throughout the month of March to help women diagnosed with endometriosis become pregnant. Endometriosis is a condition in which cells that ordinarily line the uterine cavity reside in the pelv