Endometriosis is estimated to affect ten percent of women worldwide, and yet diagnosis takes an average of ten years. Here’s how sneaky symptoms, misdiagnosis, and medical gaslighting delay diagnosis and treatment and how women can get the care they need.

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. It was started in 1993 by the Endometriosis Association to bring awareness to this inflammatory condition. In endometriosis, tissue that is similar to the lini…