Calls for specialist endometriosis education in NSW public high schools
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-26/calls-for-specialist-endometriosis-education-in-nsw-high-schools/107084228?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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The article is about NSW but it should be in every state, its 2026 and women with endo still end up undiagnosed for a decade until a GP believes them.
100%. Mrs was ignored for years and it played a major part in her contraception choices, and eventually pregnancy attempts.
This is a great initiative! Myself and other female peers suffered in so many ways, for years and decades, because of how unaware and uninformed people are about this condition. So more awareness and education would be great.
Less time taken off school and work. More healthy and happy citizens in general. Less suffering in our lives. All good things.
For those who are skeptical- it’s incredibly common (there would be several people with it in every class) and can fuck with people’s quality of life for years before diagnosis happens. It behaves like a cancer, potentially affects all systems of the body and has been found on the lungs. I’m currently under investigation for it and the only definitive diagnostic procedure involves surgery. People should learn the basics about it like any other common health condition.
If we’re making a push for educating people about this earlier in life, I’m all for it, but for the sake of the teachers can we please rename ‘chocolate cysts’ first
Educate the doctors
I’m a teacher who has sat in on this session. I don’t have endo, but have many friends who do. It was interesting, so well presented; I learnt so much. Our male students and staff attended a session too. This programme should definitely be in all schools. It adds so much and having it delivered by a specialist and not the class teacher just adds to the validity.
I knew at 16 I most likely had it. Finally got taken seriously at 38, and a hysterectomy at 39.