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“These pains should not be normalized. Lanning menstrual pains are not normal.” There will be march in Lisbon.
“These pains should not be normalized. Lanning menstrual pain are not normal. This normalization of pain, associated with the fact that these same pains can be manifested in other areas of the body, explain that there is a huge delay in the correct diagnosis.”
The words are by Catarina Marques, gynecologist at IVI Lisboa, who describes the Endometriosis: “It’s a condition devastating Marked by two cruel aspects: chronic pain, which can be disabling, to the point of preventing women from working, and the risk of infertility that threatens the dream of motherhood. ”
It is a disease characterized by the presence of glands and endometrial stroma outside the uterus, which causes inflammation. It is a disease chronicle, whose are unknown and affects approximately 350 thousand women, 1 out of 10 women of reproductive age.
Endometriosis No cure. But it can be treated to improve women’s quality of life, prevent disease progression and preserve fertility.
“As options They include from hormonal therapies to complex surgical interventions, such as laparoscopy for removing endometrial injuries. In cases where there is difficulty to get pregnant, the use of medically assisted procreation techniques becomes an effective alternative. For this, it is essential to diagnose the disease as early as possible, since the age of the woman is a determining factor for a pregnancy, with or without medical help, ”says the doctor, in a statement sent to ZAP.
In addition, the pain should not be normalized: Menstrual pain, pain in sexual intercourse, pain by evacuating or urinating are the main symptoms of endometriosis, but there may be other associated pain, such as abdominal or thoracic.
Each patient has different symptoms and distinct levels of pain. This pain may or may not be related to menstruation, but there may also be gastrointestinal or urinary symptoms if endometrial tissue invades the gut or bladder.
“O diagnosis It should therefore be timely and requires integrated medical follow -up, to treat physical and emotional pain and at the same time not destroy dreams, such as having a family, ”warns Catarina.
This diagnosis is often late and may exceed 10 years. During this time, the woman faces severe pain and a deep emotional impact.
March in Lisbon
Women have gotten some conquest In this matter – as the justification of absences for those suffering from endometriosis. But many continue to face difficulties in access to integrated health care.
Known as the Modern Women’s Diseaseendometriosis also has effects in another aspect of the lives of modern women: the professional career. On average, women with endometriosis have to miss work more often than those who do not suffer from the disease. It is one of the woman.
Susana Fonseca, president of women – Portuguese Association for Support for Women with Endometriosis, defends a “decent and adequate monitoring in hospitals, with a multidisciplinary team that integrates nutrition, psychology, pelvic pavement, among other valences, to control symptoms and returning quality of life to women”.
Therefore, on March 29, Lisbon will be the stage of “Endomarcha”, The walk that aims to gather hundreds of women.
The main objectives are: integrated health care to control symptoms, return quality of life and ensure the preservation of fertility.
