Women with endometriosis often suffer severe pelvic pain in addition to other symptoms. Living with the discomfort and pain can impact your daily life. Here’s how to help endometriosis pain. Why Do I Have Endometriosis? If you have pelvic pain, particularly associated with your periods, you might have endometriosis. If …
Women with endometriosis suffer from painful symptoms like excessive menstrual cramps, abnormal or heavy menstrual flow and pain during sex.1 This condition, in which tissue similar to that which lines the uterus grows outside the uterus, impacts anywhere from 2% to 10% of women in the United States between the …
Endometriosis comes with many symptoms that are similar to other pelvic conditions. In fact, it’s often difficult to diagnose and is commonly mistaken for other conditions, including uterine fibroids and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Knowing that different side effects can go along with this pelvic condition, are UTIs common with …
The cause of endometriosis isn’t clear, but it’s believed that inflammation can make the pain that comes along with this condition worse. So what can be done to ease the symptoms of endometriosis? For instance, does nutrition affect endometriosis? In short, yes, what you eat or don’t eat may have …
Endometriosis is a pelvic condition that causes pain and can disrupt your life. Symptoms can include very painful menstrual cramps, pain during sex, and problems with fertility.1 What if you suddenly have other side effects like a burning feeling during urination, or other reactions you normally associate with a urinary …
If you’re suffering from very painful menstrual cramps, you might think it’s just a phase. You may also consider it normal to have abdominal pain or back pain during your period or in between periods. Other symptoms might crop up like pain during sex, causing you to wonder if something’s …
Endometriosis is a condition that can impact your ovaries, fallopian tubes and the tissue lining your pelvis, and can be painful.1 It may also be hereditary. Endometriosis can run in families, so genetics may play a role in how it develops in some—but not all—women.2 So if you have a …
Endometriosis is an often painful condition that can be made worse by the inflammation caused by certain foods. As a result, it’s worth knowing that diet and exercise can help endometriosis. Here’s how.
If you’ve been diagnosed with endometriosis, you are familiar with the sometimes severe pain that comes along with it. You may be suffering from other possible symptoms of endometriosis too, like fatigue, diarrhea, constipation, bloating and nausea.1 You likely also have lots of questions about your condition, with many women …
Question: Why are women needlessly suffering with endometriosis? Answer from Dr. Daniel Gruber, urogynecologist from Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington D.C., part of John Hopkins medicine. This is a very complicated and a very good question. Before answering it, keep in mind another condition called adenomyosis, which happens when the …
