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Seven years to diagnose endometriosis — could that now improve?

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Saturday May 4 2024

You may not be familiar with endometriosis, but I wager you will know at least one woman with the condition given that it affects one in ten of reproductive age. In its mildest form it may not cause any symptoms at all, yet for many of the 1.5 million women in the UK with the condition it has a significant impact on the quality of their lives due to complications ranging from chronic pain to infertility.

Endometriosis is also often missed, with research suggesting that it takes the average woman seven and a half years to get a diagnosis and start treatment, a delay that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) hopes to shorten with updated guidance on the condition published this

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