Retinal Imaging for the Assessment of Systemic Inflammation in Endometriosis
There is increasing evidence that examining our eyes can tell us a lot of information about our health, and systemic diseases. Our plan is to compare the images taken of the back of eyes of women who have endometriosis with those of women who don't. We want to study what eyes can reveal about endometriosis by analyzing the retinal images from a simple noninvasive eye scan, that is already being routinely used to provide immediate clinical information in other groups of patients (eg. diabetic eye screening).
• Participants with a previous surgical or imaging diagnosis of endometriosis
‣ Pre-menopausal women and those assigned female at birth
⁃ Aged 18 years and over
⁃ A past surgical or imaging diagnosis of endometriosis within the last 5 years from date of consent
⁃ Ability to understand and willingness to sign the informed consent form
• Healthy volunteers
‣ Women and those assigned female at birth
⁃ Aged 18 years and over
⁃ No history of endometriosis or chronic pelvic pain
⁃ Ability to understand and willingness to sign the informed consent form