While there is no cure for endometriosis a group of students at the University of Washington are interested in creating a test that could detect endometriosis early on. FOX13
Endometriosis impacts 1 in every 10 women, according to the World Health Organization. It is a chronic and painful disease where certain tissue grows outside of the uterus. There s no cure, but a group at the University of Washington is hoping to come up with a way to detect endometriosis early on. FOX 13's Nikki Torres shows us how.affects one in every ten women, according to the World Health Organization.
Shaba said she continued to seek medical attention for her symptoms, but she wouldn't get the help she needed. "I think there is just a general lack of knowledge or maybe not taking the symptoms seriously," Shaba said. "So, it was really frustrating for me because I had seen so many different doctors and providers, and I felt like I was dismissed by all of them until I got to my current providers."
"There's a little part of me that was kind of like, to all the providers that didn't take my pain seriously, ‘I told you so and here is proof,’" Shaba said.
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