Jessica Spain studies process of being diagnosed with endometriosis after painful journey
ABCOnce a month, Jessica Spain found herself lying on the cool bathroom tiles, curled up in agony. "There's a lot of discussion already about how difficult the disease is, but getting to the point of getting a diagnosis for the disease is absolutely horrific," she said. "It very much goes back to that notion of hysterical women, that we're irrational, exaggerating our pain, it can't possibly be that bad, it's normal, it's something that we should just suck up." Time to redefine Dr Yazdani said stories such as Ms Spain's were helping researchers find out the causes and risk factors of endometriosis. With more people discussing the disease and the injection of funding and interest, Dr Yazdani said it was time to redefine the disease and reassess the reasons women were getting endometriosis.
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