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Endometriosis
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Condition overview
Attributes
Commonalityis common
Genderis F
Incidenceis approximately 1 in 13 people
Linked signs and symptoms
23Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
- Abdominal Bloating
- Acute Abdomen (Sudden, Severe Abdominal Pain. Rigid. Medical Emergency)
- Bleeding Between Normal Periods (Intermenstrual Bleeding)
- Bloating
- Constipation
- Diarrhoea (Diarrhea)
- Dizziness or a Spinning Sensation (Vertigo)
- Dyschezia (Painful Bowel Movements)
- Fainting (Syncope)
- Fatigue
- Heavy Menstrual Bleeding (Menorrhagia)
- Infertility
- Menstrual Periods Abnormal
- Mind: Mood Swings
- Nausea
- Pain During Menstruation (Dysmenorrhoea)
- Pain During Urination (Dysuria)
- Pain Leg
- Pain Pelvic
- Pain Thigh
- Pain Vaginal During Intercourse (Dyspareunia)
- Pain: Ovarian Cyst
- Vomiting
Linked drugs / medications
3Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
16Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Surgery
5Medical therapy
8- Assisted ReproductionWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- ExcisionWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- HysterectomyWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF)Weakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Intracytoplasmic Sperm InjectionWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Presacral NeurectomyWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- ResectionWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Salpingo-OophorectomyWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
3These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
Biological markers/agents
1This visual map shows biological markers/agents reported as increased or decreased with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
1Often decreased
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Endometriosis
Endometriosis
A type of disorder that commonly occurs in the pelvic area. Endometriosis concerns the ovaries and the tissues lining the uterus. The job of the lining inside the uterus is to clean the uterus every menstrual cycle; it breaks down and goes out of the body but when there is Endometriosis, this lining grows outside of the uterus and cannot perform its function. Because of this, there can be severe pain as the unusual growth of the lining irritates the surrounding tissues around the uterus and pelvic area. If left untreated, Endometriosis can cause problems with fertility and severe pain which often occurs at least once every menstrual cycle.