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ENDOMETRIOSIS & WOMEN'S HISTORY BY: ANUPAMA RAO “...SO WHAT'S THE
BIRTH is one of the most precious phases of
life be it for the newborn or its mother. For a newborn, it is the start of its life, whereas, for its mother, it is a complete transformational journey that started even before the time of birth of her child. It all starts with a bodily mechanism in women, menstruation. Through the years, menstruation has been considered a taboo topic and some serious issues regarding it have not been talked about. Women in the 21st century, however, are trying to overcome this social taboo and address the real issues connected to their femininity. Diseases related to menstruation are rarely mentioned and even if they are, it is talked about in the same manner as mental health, since it is neither tangible nor seen externally. Let’s talk about a chronic illness 1 in 10 women face on average — Endometriosis. It is a disorder where the endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus, commonly involves the ovaries, fallopian tubes, and tissues lining the pelvis, and causes severe pain in the abdomen and pelvis region.
BIG DEAL ABOUT ENDOMETRIOSIS?”
ENDOMETRIOSIS (EN-DOE-ME-TREE-OSIS) IS AN OFTEN PAINFUL DISORDER IN WHICH TISSUE SIMILAR TO THE TISSUE THAT NORMALLY LINES THE INSIDE OF YOUR UTERUS — THE ENDOMETRIUM — GROWS OUTSIDE YOUR UTERUS.
