{"id":5435,"date":"2025-07-15T09:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/?p=5435"},"modified":"2025-07-15T09:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:54:08","slug":"suffering-of-people-with-endometriosis-demands-change-and-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/suffering-of-people-with-endometriosis-demands-change-and-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Suffering of people with Endometriosis demands change and action"},"content":{"rendered":"Sinn F\u00e9in TD for Dublin South West Se\u00e1n Crowe has said that we must urgently end the neglect of women with endometriosis and called for the government to support Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s D\u00e1il motion seeking to improve access to endometriosis care for thousands of women affected across the state. <br \/><br \/>Teachta Crowe said: <br \/><br \/>\u201cOver the last number of months, Sinn F\u00e9in have held nine public meetings about endometriosis across the state and if one thing has been clear, it is that endometriosis care in Ireland has failed thousands of women. <br \/><br \/>\u201cTime and time again we have heard heartbreaking stories from women who have not only had to battle living with chronic, excruciating pain, but have also had endure the trauma of having to fight for a diagnosis in the first place, and then for adequate treatment. <br \/><br \/>\u201cThis is not good enough. No one should be forced to fight to be believed, to be diagnosed and to receive the treatment they need. This should not be happening in 2025.  <br \/><br \/>\u201cThe bravery and strength of these women, alongside the experiences of their family and friends, and their commitment to fight for the care they need and deserve has been an inspiration to us.  That is what has driven this campaign. <br \/><br \/>\u201cEndometriosis is not rare, it effects at least one in ten women in Ireland, with recent global research suggesting that nearly one in six may have symptoms indicative of endometriosis. <br \/><br \/>\u201cThe ongoing neglect of endometriosis care in Ireland is emblematic of broader systemic failures in women\u2019s healthcare, and the response from government has been a disjointed stopgap approach with women being prescribed outdated treatments that only prolong their suffering. <br \/><br \/>\u201cThis is exemplified by the fact that it currently takes an average of nine years for patients to receive a formal diagnosis, resulting in prolonged suffering, permanent organ damage, and increased risk of infertility. <br \/><br \/>\u201cThe reason we don\u2019t hear about it enough is because women often feel they have no option but to suffer in silence.  This is now changing as courageous women step forward to share their stories and demand change and action from government.<br \/><br \/>\u201cSinn F\u00e9in\u2019s motion calls for a dedicated multidisciplinary endometriosis treatment centre, staffed and resourced to provide diagnosis, holistic management, and specialised excision surgery \u2013 the gold standard surgical management for this agonising condition. <br \/><br \/>\u201cOur message to women across Ireland living the nightmare of endometriosis is that you are not alone. We will fight with you and for you. We will keep this campaign going until you have the treatment, services and healthcare you deserve here in Ireland. Women deserve better.\u201d <br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinn F\u00e9in TD for Dublin South West Se\u00e1n Crowe has said that we must urgently end the neglect of women with endometriosis and called for the government to support Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s D\u00e1il motion seeking to improve access to endometriosis care for thousands of women affected across the state. Teachta Crowe said: \u201cOver the last number [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5436,"href":"https:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5435\/revisions\/5436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}