Endometriosis is a disease affecting a woman’s uterus, a place where a baby grows when you become pregnant.

It is a most common condition affecting more than eighty-nine percent females of reproductive age all over the world.

It got its name from the word endometrium, the tissue that lines the uterus (womb).

If you are of childbearing age, but not pregnant, then endometrium usually discard each month as menstrual flow.

The endometriosis symptom occurs with this monthly cycle of the endometrial cells and blood accumulation.Endometriosis

Endometriosis is described as a tissue that appears and acts like endometrium, but is found outside the uterus, normally in the abdominal cavity. It occurs when the endometrium that lines the uterus develops at the abdominal cavity or some other place.

Mostly, the endometrial cells implant on the ovaries, fallopian tubes and large intestine and rarely spreads upward into the sternum and chest cavity.

The blood that is trapped irritates the abdominal tissue, which can form cysts. However, these cysts can bleed or burst and form scar tissue and adhesions. Thereby, this scar tissue and adhesions typically ties the internal organs together leading to pain and discomfort, especially during your menstrual period.

The pelvic pain is the most common endometriosis symptom. Mostly, the pain occurs with menstrual periods but unable to realize that it is caused by endometriosis. However, the severity of pain, endometriosis symptom, differs from woman to woman.

It is essential to know about endometriosis symptom is that the symptoms tend to gradually increase as the endometrial areas increase in size.

It has been found that women with large amounts of endometriosis in their abdomen will experience few symptoms when compared to those with a small amount of endometrium that suffers from severe pain.

Although you may experience most of the endometriosis symptoms during the time of menstruation, there are many other sufferers who have constant pain and discomfort no matter what time of the month it is.

You may also experience pain during or after sex. Usually, you can get this pain to the point where you quit having sex and in some cases it becomes impossible for you to have intercourse, with the pain.

Dysmenorrhea Painful Menstrual Periods is another endometriosis symptom where you experience a deep pain in the lower abdomen and vagina. However, it is not a common symptom that affects all women with endometriosis.

As the endometrial tissue can get attached to non-reproductive organs such as the large intestine or bladder, an abdominal swelling can occur. On the other hand, you can also experience pain during urination, nausea or vomiting before their period begins, bleeding from the rectum, and painful bowel movements.

Fatigue is a major endometriosis symptom. As the endometrial tissue grows and expands in the abdominal cavity, it causes more and more fatigue. When you suffer from endometriosis, you have a greater possibility of having chronic fatigue syndrome.

So if you find any of these endometriosis symptoms, then it is important for you to make an appointment with your gynecologist as early as possible!