Medicine has advanced so much, why is surgery still the only way to diagnose this disease that, according to the WHO, affects 10% of women and girls globally.
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>Endometriosis is commonly misdiagnosed and females often report being incorrectly told their symptoms are trivial or normal.[9] Females with endometriosis see an average of seven physicians before receiving a correct diagnosis, with an average delay of 6.7 years between the onset of symptoms and surgically obtained biopsies, the gold standard for diagnosing the condition. This average delay places endometriosis at the extreme end of diagnostic inefficiency.[11]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endometriosis
That is absolutely ridiculous.
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