On March 21st 2015, women battling
endometriosis and their supporters in Lagos took a walk in Lagos against
endometriosis. The goal was to drive awareness about endometriosis and the
lifelong effects it has on both women of all ages, to educate people on the
importance of early diagnosis as it is fundamental in winning the battle
against endometriosis.
We believe that something has to change and the time
has come for the empire of endometriosis.
If not detected early and treated properly,
endometriosis can be a serious, painful and debilitating disease with severe
medical consequences. That’s why we marched to END THE SILENCE ad create
AWARENESS of ENDOMETRIOSIS.
You might wonder what endometriosis is.
Endometriosis is a disease in which tissue similar to the lining inside the
uterus (called the “endometrium”), is found outside the uterus, where is
induces a chronic inflammatory reaction that may result in scar tissue. It is
primarily found on the pelvic side-wall peritoneum, ovaries, in the
recto-vaginal septum, on the bladder, and bowel. In very rare cases it is found
on the diaphragm, in the lungs, on the intestines, in the caesarian-section
scars, colon, appendix, and rectum. In even more rare cases, endometriosis has
been found inside the vagina, inside the bladder, on the skin, in the lung,
spine and brain.
The most common signs and symptoms include severe
pelvic and or stomach pain, pain during or around menstruation, heavy bleeding
during periods, infertility and or sub-fertility, painful bowel and or bladder
symptoms, pain with sexual intercourse, chronic gastrointestinal symptoms such
as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation, nerve and musculoskeletal
symptoms, including lower back and pudendal nerve pain.
Treatment
Endometriosis can be treated with drugs and surgery
but, these treatments are not suitable to long time use due to the side
effects. Also, it results in drug dependency, drug abuse and the eventful
overdose on pain killers.
Our ENDOMARCH was supported by NESTLE water.
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