Endometriosis : facts for every woman
Approximately 5 million women in North America have endometriosis. Symptoms can range from mild to severe and commonly include painful menstrual cramps (dysmenorrhea), pelvic pain, heavy menstrual bleeding, pain during intercourse or bowel movements and infertility. Although endometriosis is common, it’s also widely misunderstood and often misdiagnosed. Education is important to increase awareness. We recently […]
Endometriosis
Overview Endometriosis is a noncancerous condition in which tissue similar to the endometrium (uterine lining) grows outside your uterus and adheres to other structures, most commonly in the pelvis, such as on the ovaries, bowel, fallopian tubes or bladder. Rarely it implants in other places, such as the liver, lungs, diaphragmand surgical sites. Endometriosis (en-doe-me-tree-O-sis) is […]