Imagine Being in Excruciating Pain, and Not Knowing Why

If you have endometriosis or love someone who does, you probably know that millions of girls and women suffer from the disease for years without ever knowing the cause of their pain. In fact, it takes an average of more than nine years to receive a correct diagnosis and treatment for endometriosis. The disease strikes those as young as eight, and sixty-six percent of women with endometriosis report having symptoms of the disease before the age of twenty. This means that much of a woman’s youth—even her childhood—may be spent suffering with unexplained, often crippling pain that greatly hinders her development. Furthermore, many endo specialists believe that this delay in treatment may cause the disease to advance more aggressively.

Of course, one of the main reasons we see this long delay between the onset of symptoms and a correct identification of their cause is because laparoscopy is currently the only definitive means of diagnosing endometriosis. Thankfully, we believe research is bringing us closer to a noninvasive alternative.

Right now, the Endometriosis Association is collaborating with a researcher who is engaged in a special project at Harvard University Medical School focused on the development of a new diagnostic method. Many years of work have already been devoted to this key trial, and with your help we are now prepared to move forward with our study of this noninvasive diagnostic.

While the total cost of this special trial is $73,437, we have already received $18,101 to fund this project thanks to a few generous donors, particularly Solina and Mike Marquis. Recognizing that a noninvasive diagnostic method will potentially help millions of suffering girls and women get the treatment they need much sooner and enable them to go on with their lives, Solina and Mike Marquis have donated $10,000 to this project and they hope their generosity will inspire others. Watch this page for updates on how much has been raised and how much is needed to complete this special project.

To provide research to find a noninvasive diagnostic test through our study at Harvard University Medical School send a donation using the form below.

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