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endometriosis endometriosis articles
Endometriosis
As a physician, I am humbled when faced with the chronic pain of patients with endometriosi.
Endometriosis Can Be Helped
Endometriosis is a condition in which cells from the uterine lining (endometrium) break away and plant outside the uterus. Approximately 10 to 15 per cent of women between 25 and 44 suffer from it.
Pain, Infertility, Hormone Problems?
I met Mary in the spring of 2004. Through tears she explained her history of endometriosis: years of repeated surgeries, pain, drugs to suppress estrogen, and the inability to ovulate due to scar tissue on her ovaries.
Endometriosis
Endometriosis is a common chronic inflammatory illness of the reproductive system, affecting women of all ages. Pelvic *pain, especially menstrual pain or ovulation pain, is the most universal sign of this illness, though there is no characteristic type or timing of pain.