Women with endometriosis still have to seek the legitimacy of their disease from the medical community and often feel unheard. This scoping review aims to map the scientific literature to …
Achieving menstrual health is fundamental to gender equality, human rights, and the well-being of all people who menstruate. We undertook a scoping review to map the extent and range of …
Endometriosis pain is mainly understood based on peripheral lesion characteristics and an outdated perspective equating nociception with pain. This limited view may divert understanding of interventions beyond peripheral logic, leading …
Ten per cent of women of reproductive age suffer from endometriosis, a painful and incurable disease that leaves women with severe implications for their health and overall well-being. Due to …
Endometriosis is a prevalent chronic gynecological condition characterized by severe pelvic pain, negatively affecting women's health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The Common-Sense Model of Illness Self-regulation has revealed the importance …
Pain, poor quality of life (QOL) and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are commonly experienced by individuals with endometriosis. Although diet and nutrition supplements are frequently used to manage endometriosis-related symptoms, there …
Although Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) highlight that laparoscopy is often used in the treatment of endometriosis, its diagnostic usefulness is not fully defined. Our objective was to evaluate the quality …
Endometriosis is an inflammatory chronic condition associated with nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic pain. Central sensitization (CS) is the primary nociplastic pain mechanism. However, there are currently no standardized methods for …
Endometriosis, impacting roughly 10% of reproductive-age women and girls globally, presents diagnostic challenges that can cause significant delays between symptom onset and medical confirmation. The aim of the current study …
Diagnostic delay for endometriosis is a well-established phenomenon. Despite this, little is known about where in the health care system these delays occur or why they occur. Our review is …