“This shouldn’t be painful but may be uncomfortable.”

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Most women will be familiar with this sentence, usually uttered moments before a women’s health procedure. But what if you do find it painful? Cervical screenings are really important to me because of family medical history, and they offer early identification of abnormal cells before they develop into cervical cancer. But the arrival of the invitation letter to my next …

Recognising endometriosis is the secret to early treatment

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We hope that none of our readers will have daughters/grandaughters with endometriosis.  Perhaps this piece from Endometriosis UK will help you to recognise the problem if it arises in a girl you know. Whilst the majority of endo diagnoses are made in adult women, it is becoming apparent that, endometriosis is a disease of adulthood that has its onset in adolescence.  …