In Italy 15 women out of 100 (among those of reproductive age) are affected by endometriosis and to date there are at least three million women who have received a full-blown diagnosis. Unlike other chronic inflammatory pathologies, endometriosis brings with it not only pain and dysfunction but also physical and psychological discomfort, which significantly influences the daily life of those affected. “It’s a subtle diseasestill poorly understood“, explains Dr. Marco Grassi, gynecologist in the gynecology and obstetrics department of the Mazzoni hospital in Ascoli Piceno.
Prevention and social networks
“Diagnosis, often delayed by around seven years from the onset of symptoms, has serious psychological consequences for women. It is crucial to get one diagnosis early to access treatments and care promptly, in order to prevent the progression of the disease and mitigate its negative impact on quality of life and infertility. The best form of prevention is information“, explains Professor Grassi. Therefore, prevention and information they are the basis of everything and in this sense social networks help to raise awareness of the topic. In fact, there are many influencers who spoke openly about endometriosis and the ordeal they went through to get a diagnosis.
Giorgia Soleri’s battle
It was the first to make a public battle out of it Giorgia Soleri, the ex-girlfriend of Damiano David, leader of the Maneskin. The influencer said that it took her eleven years to obtain a definitive diagnosis and that she experiences endometriosis as one disabling disease due to pain related to another pathology diagnosed with her, vulvodynia. In 2021 Giorgia Soleri documented the phases of her hospitalization and the operation she underwent for endometriosis. “A victory because from tomorrow I will have the chance to get to know a new body, which I have never had the chance to experience: a body without pain“, he wrote on the web. Since then the influencer and activist has constantly spoken about the disease on social media, supporting young girls who are still waiting for a diagnosis.
Torrisi and Goria, celebrities with endometriosis
Also Guenda Goria And Laura Torrisi they spoke openly about endometriosis. Both Maria Teresa Ruta’s daughter and Leonardo Pieraccioni’s ex-partner faced their battle under the eyes of the followers, talking about the disease and the operation to reduce the symptoms of endometriosis. Laura Torrisi told her experience to very true and then on Instagram in 2021, immediately after undergoing thesurgery. “I have been fighting endometriosis for 12 years. I discovered it in 2009, it’s a disabling disease, which also takes your breath away“, the Florentine actress said on TV. After her it was Guenda Goria’s turn. On 7 September 2021 the musician published a photo on Instagram in the hospital immediately after the operation.”It is a disease from which there is no cure. Many think that the operation is the end of all problems but unfortunately this is not the case.” explained Guenda Goria, also speaking of the satisfaction in having encouraged many other women to be examined: “The greatest joy was knowing that, thanks to my post, some of you were reflected in mine symptoms and they decided to do in-depth analyzes and discovered that they suffered from endometriosis“.
Gabrielle Caunesil, infertility due to endometriosis
The top model had already spoken about the close relationship between the disease and the difficulties in conceiving a pregnancy (which affect 30-50% of women with endometriosis). Gabrielle Caunesil wife of Riccardo Pozzoli, former partner of Chiara Ferragni. The model had received a diagnosis of endometriosis in 2005, fifteen years before her, and she had already undergone surgery to try to save her uterus in order to conceive a child. After the second operation carried out at the end of 2020, Gabrielle Caunesil spoke about her difficulties in getting pregnant, which she overcome a year after the operation with the first pregnancy.
Even the model, with her direct testimony, managed to keep attention high on a subtle pathology like endometriosis.
