In addition to the potential for chronic pain, roughly 40 percent of patients with endometriosis deal with some level of fertility issues. And women say they often bring their symptoms to doctors, only to have them dismissed or misdiagnosed. Research shows women say they experience pain more frequently and more severely than men, but are treated for it less aggressively. “Endometriosis patients have lost faith in ACOG and the majority of its members,” said Berna, also a co-organizer of an endometriosis patient protest held outside of ACOG’s Washington, D.C., headquarters earlier this month, in a press release. In the meantime, patients say the status quo is not good enough.

Source: Huffington Post April 25, 2018 22:18 UTC