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Endometriosis is an often misunderstood disease of women

Severe pain in the abdomen, proliferating cysts and even inflamed organs: endometriosis affects many women, but often goes undetected. Also because little research has been done into the disease.


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Severe menstrual pain can indicate endometriosis.

The cramps were crippling and the menstrual bleeding so heavy that she often couldn’t go to school. The gynecologist dismissed Emma Roberts’ suffering, she dramatized. The actress recently made her suffering public. “I’ve had endometriosis since I was a teenager,” she said in an interview.

Many women are like Roberts. Endometriosis is relatively unknown in society, but it occurs in around ten to 15 percent of women. The problem: The …

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