Virtual EndoMarch 2023 (Livestream Part 2)

VIRTUAL ENDOMARCH 2023 - SATURDAY, MARCH 25

JOIN US ONLINE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 25,
TO HELP END ENDOMETRIOSIS HEALTH CARE INEQUALITY

Join tens of thousands of Endometriosis Survivors and their families from around the world on Saturday, March 25, as we unite together for #VirtualEndoMarch2023, to help fight for Endometriosis Health Care Justice and Equality.

In this year's online video presentations, we'll be showcasing the incredible advocacy work of Endometriosis organizations and physicians from all over the world, who are fighting for urgently-needed health care policy reforms and standards of care guidelines that reflect patient-identified needs.

LIVESTREAM PART 2 COUNTRIES (in order of appearance):
Venezuela
Ecuador
Trinidad & Tobago
Colombia
Peru
Panama
Costa Rica
Mexico
USA
Australia
Japan
India
Malaysia
Singapore

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HASHTAGS
#EndoMarch2023 #Endometriosis #EndoEqualityNow #UpdateMedSchoolEndoEdu #EndEndoInequality #EndoJusticeNow #EndometriosisReformsNow #changetheguidelines #SeeSayStopEndo #GoYellow4Endo #ForwardWeGo

ABOUT ENDOMETRIOSIS, A WHOLE-BODY CHRONIC CONDITION
#Endometriosis is an incurable, whole-body (systemic) chronic, inflammatory disease that can potentially cause incapacitating pain, multi-organ failure, infertility, and other severe and sometimes life-threatening medical consequences if inadequately treated. Described as one of the top ten most painful conditions on record, Endometriosis is also potentially one of the most destructive chronic diseases on record, reigning as the leading cause of school absences in girls and the third leading cause of hospitalization in women, girls, and people assigned female at birth, and a cause for an unknown number of hospitalizations in cisgender men and nonbinary, intersex, and trans individuals.

Contrary to popular beliefs, Endometriosis is not a reproductive tract disease, but one which can potentially cause severe chronic symptoms throughout the entire body, such as system-wide crippling pain, severe chronic fatigue, immune & endocrinologic dysfunction, and damage to multiple organs and tissues, including the bowel, bladder, ureters, diaphragm, muscles, musculoskeletal structures, nerves, lungs, and liver. Endometriosis is also very common, with a prevalence on par with diabetes in women (older est. 1 in 8-10), which works out to an estimated 200 million people around the world who are affected.* (Emerging research suggests a doubling of these figures, to an estimated 400 million people worldwide). (Note: Prevalence rates are unknown for cisgender men, intersex, nonbinary, and transgender people)

UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION & BARRIERS TO CARE CAUSING PREVENTABLE HARM
As a result of decades-long dismissive, discriminatory treatment, the vast majority of patients face years of outright discriminatory denials or insurmountable barriers to specialist care because Endometriosis continues to be dismissed as ‘normal’ or 'just a bad period’, when in fact it’s a leading cause of hospitalization, confers an almost 4-fold increased risk of certain cancers (it's associated with approximately 10% of ovarian cancers, the most deadly form of gynecologic cancer in the U.S.) and has the potential to cause or be associated with life-threatening kidney failure, life-threatening chronic lung collapse, increased risk of cardiovascular disease, increased risk of early onset neurodegenerative disease, crippling degenerative bone disease, loss of many organs & fertility, and even preventable mortality. African American Endometriosis sufferers are experiencing even worse outcomes than White Endometriosis patients, including higher mortality rates of certain Endometriosis-associated ovarian cancers and significantly longer diagnostic delays. Nonbinary, intersex, and Endo siblings from LGBTQIA+ communities also experience increased discrimination, including outright denials of care, all of which leads to significantly worse outcomes as well.

ABOUT THE GLOBAL ENDOMARCH MOVEMENT
Worldwide Endometriosis March® (Worldwide EndoMarch®) has ignited a global endometriosis uprising to help fight for urgently-needed Endometriosis Health Care Rights & Reforms. The EndoMarch Movement is an internationally-coordinated awareness campaign founded by Dr. Camran Nezhat, Dr. Farr Nezhat, Dr. Ceana Nezhat, Dr. Azadeh Nezhat, and Barbara Page.
Proud original founder of the 'No pharma in Endo Advocacy ' movement, which started in 2013, when Worldwide EndoMarch became one of the earliest US-based Endometriosis Advocacy nonprofits to prohibit funding from pharmaceutical companies or any other companies which would represent a conflict of interest.

[ntsoakimoshoeshoe]

This desease is the worst. Here in RSA it is too expensive to just consult with the specialists. My endometriosis has taken over my body, it has covered my abdomen it is now affecting my spine, neck and t the head. I go into depression every now and then. I am 46 and I pray for my menopause to come now. I know it's on my liver and diaphragm but the doctors cannot see it on the MRI

[patriciagitto]

Congratulations AENPA! Representing Panama 🇵🇦