One in five women suffers from endometriosis
No one likes to have abdominal pain, but when we do we often just try to get comfortable on the sofa, search for solace on Netflix and wait for the pain to pass. Most people will be more busy thinking about what show they want to binge than about what’s causing their pain. It’ll pass, right? Not every abdominal pain is cause for worry, but it is good to be mindful of what might be causing it. For example, it could be that you have endometriosis and that that’s causing your pain.
Some women don’t know that they have this disorder.
Scar tissue
If you have endometriosis, you’ve got small pieces of the uterine lining, or endometrium, roaming through your lower abdomen, ovaries, oviducts, bladder and intestines and this can cause pain. The treacherous part of this is that a lot of women don’t even know that they have this chronic disease. We don’t know how these pieces of the uterine lining can escape the uterus, but we do know some women are more sensitive to this than others. We also know that there’s a direct correlation between the amount of uterine lining floating through the abdomen and the amount of pain and symptoms.
Go to the next page to read about the other symptoms of endometriosis.
Disclaimer: This information is not an alternative to professional medical advice. In case of doubt, please contact your doctor.
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