Doctor's important advice over agonising and debilitating condition which affects one in every 10 women
manchestereveningnews.co.ukEndometriosis is an incredibly common condition, it is thought to affect 10 per cent of women. Yet for the average sufferer, it takes an agonising eight years to be diagnosed and receive treatment.
The long-term condition is caused when tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows in the ovaries and fallopian tubes - and can cause crippling pain. READ MORE:Woman too scared to leave her home because of the people congregating outside it Despite being so common, many women have had to fight for years to get their pain recognised by health professionals, leaving them feeling ignored and forgotten.
Saara Aziz, from Manchester, was left unable to work and has to take morphine to control her crippling pelvic pain due to her endometriosis.
Hot flushes, mood swings and insomnia are now part and parcel of her day-to-day life and she is in pain most of the time. But despite this, Saara says people still don’t believe she has a disability.
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