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Most of the women reported having to see a doctor five times or more before being diagnosed or referred
Ballweg Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol, 2004
Medical level: 3.7 to 5.7 Y between helpseeking and diagnosis
Primary care level : resistance to referral
Misdiagnosis or referral to inappropriate secondary care
Repeated visits to doctors where symptoms are normalized, dismissed and/or trivialized, resulting in women feeling ignored and disbelieved
Lacking knowledge, awareness and sympathy and displaying attitudes that perpetuate myths about endometriosis
Culley et al Hum Reprod Update, 2013
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