Women’s Health – Will saliva testing revolutionize endometriosis?

– Will saliva testing revolutionize endometriosis?

At a time when the diagnosis of endometriosis is still complex, a French study has made it possible to develop saliva self-tests. A revolution? Decryption.

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There are many techniques to counter the pain caused by endometriosis. Doctor Nicolas Vulliemoz has seen spots on the stomach on several patients who burn their skin with hot water bottles to try to relieve their ailments.

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The French company Ziwig seems to have revolutionized the approach to the disease of endometriosis by developing saliva self-tests thanks to a study carried out on 200 women. This invention could well represent a considerable advance for a disease which involves a medical wandering of almost ten years to establish a diagnosis. With these self-tests, it would only take a few days to get a result.

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Endometriosis affects one in ten women. But these figures are part of an underdiagnosis of the disease, which is particularly painful and whose symptoms – if they exist – vary greatly from one woman to another. These new self-tests are, for the time being, seen as a revolution in France. Could it be too easy to be true?

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