Dull aches, discomfort during sex, heavy periods – this is the reality for up to one in four women globally who experience chronic pelvic pain, many of whom will live with it undiagnosed.*
Brushed off as ”women’s problems”, endometriosis, fibroids and pelvic congestion syndrome are just some of the conditions ignored by doctors.
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Many women are dismissed, while others are left languishing on waiting lists for months – often for more than a year, according to statistics from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
In fact, there has been a historic lack of care for women’s reproductive health conditions, and such is the ”gender pain gap” that many don’t even…