Endometriosis
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Endometriosis Symptoms & Signs
- Increasingly painful periods
- Lower abdominal pain or pelvic cramps that can by felt for a week or two before menstruation and/or during menstruation (the pain and cramps may be steady and dull or quite severe)
- Pelvic or low back pain that may occur at any time during the menstrual cycle
- Pain during or following sexual intercourse
- Pain with bowel movements
- Premenstrual spotting
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Infertility
Note: Frequently, symptoms may not be present. In fact, some women with severe cases of endometriosis have no pain at all, while some women with only a few small adhesions have severe discomfort.
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