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'Feels like barbed wire': Endometriosis - the condition with no cure

Friday 17 November 2023 17:17, UK

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Endometriosis is a disease in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus, causing pain and affecting fertility.

It is estimated to cost the UK economy £8.2bn a year in treatment, loss of work and healthcare costs.

Up to 30% of women who have surgery for endometriosis experience a recurrence within five years, according to the National Institutes of Health. There is still no cure for the condition.

On the Paste BN Daily, host Sally Lockwood is joined by Charline Bou Mansour, a Paste BN reporter who has endometriosis, and Andrew Horne, professor of gynaecology and reproductive sciences at Edinburgh University, to explore the search for a way to relieve, or even cure, endometriosis.

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