Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

100%. That brings me to what was mentioned earlier about genetic issues being at play. In some of the research I have read, it is said that women and girls who have close relatives with endometriosis are seven to ten times more likely to develop it. Obviously, that older generation did not have the benefit of a national strategy. There is a whole generation of women who may not have been correctly diagnosed or who are still going through a diagnosis process. Perhaps these women could be flagging it for another generation or may be able to do some of that work for a younger age group. Is that a concern? If we had a more developed and articulated register, understanding or education among women themselves about whether they had this condition, they may then be able to flag it for a younger cohort.

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