Addressing Endometriosis in Black Women

The pain of endometriosis is often overlooked or ignored in Black patients. This article addresses the need for racial equity in healthcare and the many health disparities in reproductive healthcare.

Two more years later, after a laparascopic examination — where a gynecologist looked inside of her abdomen with a surgical camera — her doctors confirmed the reason for her pain: endometriosis. According to a new research, Reyes is among a disproportionately large number of African-American women whose chronic pelvic pain was misdiagnosed.

SOURCE: The Grio • AUTHOR: Dr. Tyeese L. Gaines • LAST UPDATED: May 4, 2011