VIDEO: ‘Normalized’ pain delays endometriosis diagnosis

Delays in endometriosis diagnosis and care may be due to the normalization of female pelvic pain, lack of endometriosis awareness among both patients and providers, and health care access issues.

Watch part one this four-part Healio Video Exclusive in which Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald, MD, assistant professor in the department of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences in the division of urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, talks about all things related to endometriosis, including diagnosis and treatment delays, treatment options, symptoms that clinicians should be on the lookout for and social media’s important role in endometriosis awareness.

Read the full Q&A here and check out the second, third and fourth videos of this series.

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Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald, MD, can be reached at @jjfitzgeraldMD on X (Twitter) and Instagram.