INTERVIEW
If the general public knows her for her role of facilitator, it is as an author that Énora Malagré answered the questions of Philippe Vandel, Tuesday, on Europe 1. In Media culture , the animator, chronicler and actress came to present his book entitled A cry of the belly , published by Leduc. For the first time, she details the symptoms and consequences of a still taboo disease: endometriosis.
"The first cause of infertility in women"
Affected by this pathology, Énora Malagré clearly explains why endometriosis consists clinically. "These are cysts that are in the womb," she describes. "It can be found elsewhere than in the uterus, the bladder and in the worst cases, in the lungs, in the legs and in the anus, and these cysts cause absolutely untold pain. cause of infertility in women, "she says.
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Like actress Laetitia Milot and singer Imany, who also have endometriosis, Énora Malagré is one of those personalities who unveil their pathology. "We do not talk about it because everything that touches the vagina, the rules, the blood flowing from our vagina disgusts," she says. "This disease is not mild but trashy, we lose blood, sometimes we have diarrhea, it seemed to me that it was essential to talk about it as raw as the disease was."
With this book, the young woman tries to move mentalities that leave little room for the expression of female pain. "It seems quite normal for a woman to have pain during her period and to suffer in silence, but we are not obliged to give birth in pain and to have a hard time damning oneself when one has menstrual periods," she says. Énora Malagré, who confesses to having experienced several miscarriages because of this disease.
Clench your teeth while waiting for menopause
Since she was a teenager, Énora Malagré has endured these pains, like more than four million women, one in ten women. "I was lucky enough to be able to mask the pain with tons of make-up, some of them are not so lucky, I was gritting my teeth and I was talking a little louder than the others to silence the pain in my stomach" , she says.
Because of these repeated pains and miscarriages, Énora Malagré is now thinking of having a hysterectomy, in other words, a removal of the uterus. Maybe a way for her to find "peace psychologically", she says.
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She stresses, however, that "having the uterus removed is not a cure for endometriosis". "Obviously, my pain will be reduced because most of my adhesions are in the womb but the pain will still be there," she says.
If today, the miracle solution was not found by traditional medicine, solutions exist, such as "the chemical menopause or some treatments", evokes Énora Malagré. "But unfortunately, most often, cysts grow back and we do not recover before menopause," she laments.