"Have a baby so you see that the endometriosis will pass." This is more or less what Giorgia Soleri and her partner, Damiano David, heard from a doctor who had found the solution to all ills: pregnancy. Let's take a moment: how many of us and how many times have they told us?
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The woman's body once again relegated to a container of new life. A beautiful gift for those who want to welcome it, don't get me wrong, but that "new life" that can grow in your womb cannot be the panacea for all ills. Just as it cannot be the deterrent, the dark and restraining part of a career that has been broken in half or, worse, never started. But that's another story.
And, instead, it happens that - again - a doctor hurries the practice of a certain endometriosis with a few and very banal words: "have a baby". A cold blade that rips through the chest and revives all the experience in a painful rewind. But did this person really tell me that?
Giorgia Soleri rekindles the spotlight on endometriosis: there is still no definitive cure, we have to talk about it
Giorgia Soleri asked herself that she heard that statement coming from a complete stranger to whom she had turned for a simple certificate.
On Instagram, the influencer who only a few days ago brought the issue of vulvodynia to Parliament with a bill, says:
Yesterday I was again a victim of gaslighting, misinformation (and psychological violence, I would add) from a doctor (what a spoiler: he's not even my doctor, so he doesn't know my medical history) urgently needing a medical certificate attesting to my (un) health status for some work commitments that I had to cancel or extend. I called a private general practitioner to visit me (my doctor is still in Milan, long story) to prescribe me a therapy and to give me this blessed certificate.
Soleri then told him she was taking several medications:
I did this to find out if any of these drugs might have some kind of interaction with the ones I take on a daily basis. And when I mentioned endometriosis my partner and I were told that he was present: 'But do you know that the cure for endometriosis is pregnancy? You should have a baby right away. '
Pregnancy doesn't cure anything. We repeat it again: there is no cure for endometriosis. And if it is said by a doctor (not even specialized) that he sees me for the first time and is called for problems of a completely different kind, the only thing that comes to me to say: 'Who does the *** about him , lives 100 years.
I can't explain in words the humiliation, the frustration, the anger generated by those words […] My eyes filled with tears and my throat closed. […] If you cannot listen, understand, empathize, support, do us a favor: shut up.
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Treatment for endometriosis
Endometriosis is a condition that occurs when theendometrium spreads to tissues outside the uterus responding to hormonal fluctuations affecting the uterine endometrium and, consequently, leading to pain and bleeding. About 10-20% of women between 25 and 35 suffer from this chronic pathology and, although progress has been made in the treatment of endometriosis, the search for new therapies for the women concerned is still ongoing and necessary.
To date, there is still no definitive cure, the years of diagnostic delay continue to be 7-10 despite affecting (it is estimated, downwards) 1 out of 10 people assigned to be female at birth.
An early diagnosis in case of endometriosis can save from aggravation of the disease and infertility. Severe and abnormal pains, for example, during Menses represent one of most common symptoms of endometriosis.
10% of women are affected by this disease during the reproductive age. Some women are faced with chronic pelvic pain and during sexual intercourse. Endometriosis is usually treated with pain medications, hormone medications, and surgery, but there are other important sources of help that open treatment to a global vision of the person: psychological support, the right diet, a lifestyle suitable for improving one's health conditions, the help that complementary medicines such as homeopathy and acupuncture and herbal remedies can offer. Read here: Endometriosis: Effective Remedies to Relieve Symptoms.
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