Throughout my teenage years, I complained of these very symptoms to doctor after doctor, but I was told the same things that too many women hear.

Previously, a woman’s treatment options in Kenya were: drugs to ease the pain or to reduce heavy bleeding; open surgery to remove the fibroids (myomectomy) or the entire womb (hysterectomy); ...

My name is Brenda Mbiro. I am an advocate of the High Court and an endometriosis warrior. I am not worried about the future. I have made peace. I have also made the decision to live my life in ...

they may feel abnormal changes in the shape of your uterus that could be due to fibroids. If so, they’ll probably want you to go get some tests to find out. If the ultrasound didn’t provide ...

She says she was told "'that's just how periods can be' and 'come back when you want to get pregnant'" when she tried to get ...

Measurement of PAPP-A levels can provide a useful adjunct to other diagnostic modalities such as uterine ultrasound and can be an early screening marker for pregnancy outcomes in the presence of ...

Though fibroids and endometriosis may present with similar complaints, they are distinct conditions that require different diagnostic and treatment approaches.

Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the uterine lining is found growing elsewhere in ... my doctor finally referred me to a gynecologist, but when they did an ultrasound, everything ...

Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the uterine lining is found growing ... but when they did an ultrasound, everything looked ‘hunky-dory,’ in their words.” ...

Affecting nearly 10% of women of reproductive age, endometriosis occurs when tissue similar to the uterine lining grows outside the ... the challenges of diagnosing endometriosis and how modern ...

Annual imaging studies, including ultrasound and ... differential diagnosis of uterine myometrial cysts encompasses a variety of conditions, both congenital and acquired, requiring careful evaluation.