According to Canada's health ministry, the federal government is funding nine research projects to further the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis. Expert Dr. Catherine Allaire says she's pretty sure a cure would have been found 50 years ago if the condition affected men.
The provincial NDP is calling on the Ontario government to create a strategy to increase funding, education and awareness around endometriosis, saying the gynecological disease is debilitating for thousands across the province who sometimes seek care outside the country due to health care delays.The Ontario NDP say they are calling on the province to create a plan to improve endometriosis care as some are leaving the country for treatment.
Endometriosis is a chronic condition where tissue that is similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside of the uterus, which can cause extreme pain, issues with infertility and can impact multiple organs, according to the Canadian Medical Association Journal.About 10 per cent of people who have female reproductive organs are impacted by endometriosis, which amounts to about one million Canadians, it explains.
Andrew said she is tabling petitions this week with thousands of signatures that call for better endometriosis care. Fruci said having the disease feels like "the inside of your body just being squeezed, or like your insides are being put through a vice."Amanda Fruci, a 40-year-old woman from Caledon, Ont., said she had to travel to New Jersey to get treatment for endometriosis due to a surgical backlog in Ontario.
"I wish that our current government in Ontario would take seriously. Why do I have to go out of the country to get the care that I need?" she said.
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