2024
DOI: 10.18502/gespr.v4i2.15135
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Addressing Cultural Stigma: Endometriosis Diagnosis in the Arab World

Maryam Al Shukri,
Maryam Easa Abdulla Mohammed Almarzooqi

Abstract: Endometriosis, a challenging chronic disease, has often been shrouded in delayed diagnosis. Efforts to enhance the quality of life for affected women by facilitating earlier diagnoses is crucial. Early diagnosis in the teenage years can impact not only the individual but also her family. In conservative cultures such as those found in the Arab world, including the Arab Peninsula, North Africa, and East Asia, reproductive capacity stands as a defining feature in a woman’s life. Endometriosis, viewed as both a s… Show more

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