‘I’ve requested a full hysterectomy’

• Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women of reproductive age and causes severe, debilitating pain—clinicians should maintain high suspicion and take patient symptoms seriously given significant diagnostic delays often occur
• Hysterectomy may be considered by some patients as a definitive management option when conservative treatments fail, highlighting the substantial impact of endometriosis on quality of life
• Early recognition and appropriate management of endometriosis is crucial, as the condition's burden often leads patients to pursue radical surgical interventions to achieve symptom relief

Emma Barnett shares her life-long struggle with endometriosis – a disease affecting one in ten women of reproductive age, which causes excruciating, often debilitating, pain.

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