NO MORE SUFFERING IN SILENCE-MANAGING ENDOMETRIOSIS WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY
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Dear Editor,
In a developing country like Pakistan, health issues, especially those related to women’s health, always need prime focus, particularly in the far away and distant areas of the country where even basic medical facilities are hardly available. Endometriosis is one of the rarely addressed diseases, mainly because of two reasons, lack of proper education and socio-economic conditions. Endometriosis is becoming a more challenging disease for the medical community, observed primarily in females 15 to 45 years of age. The prevalence of endometriosis in females is approximately 8–11% of the reproductive period (with or without a medical diagnosis)1.
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