the sisterhood of the traveling endometrial tissue | stanford med x

Abby Norman

The Sisterhood of The Traveling

Endometrial Tissue

“Each patient carries his own doctor inside him.” ― Norman Cousins, Anatomy of an Illness

FIVE YEARSAGO

UTERUS

OVARY

OVARY

ENDOMETRIOMAPARATUBAL AT END OF FIMBRIA

OF LEFT FALLOPIAN TUBE

1 IN 10WOMEN HAVE ROGUE ENDOMETRIAL LESIONS. THEY MAY NOT HAVE SYMPTOMS, SUCH AS PAIN, AND MAY ONLY FIND OUT WHEN THEY STRUGGLE TO GET PREGNANT.

THAT’S 176 MILLION WOMEN WORLDWIDE WITH CHRONIC PAIN, NAUSEA, GI SYMPTOMS, SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, BLEEDING, INFERTILITY, FATIGUE, DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY . . .

10 YEARSAVERAGE TIME IT TAKES FOR A WOMAN WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS TO GET A PROPER DIAGNOSIS ONCE SHE STARTS ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR ONE.

NO CURE.

AND CURRENT TREATMENTS MAY NOT WORK FOR ALL WOMEN OR EVEN THE

SAME WOMAN, BECAUSE THE DISEASE IS CHRONIC AND PROGRESSIVE.

THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING ENDOMETRIAL

TISSUE.

#ENDOSISTER

I’d like to thank my dog Whimsy who kept my lap

warm while I made this slide

deck.

QUESTIONS

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