Comments on: What is Endometriosis? http://www.womenhealthline.com/what-is-endometriosis/ Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: vareeja http://www.womenhealthline.com/what-is-endometriosis/#comment-7179 vareeja Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:51:09 +0000 http://www.womenhealthline.com/?p=2025#comment-7179 A major symptom of endometriosis is recurring pelvic pain. The pain can be mild to severe cramping that occurs on both sides of the pelvis, to the lower back and rectal area and even down the legs. The amount of pain a woman feels is not necessarily related to the extent or stage (1 through 4) of endometriosis. Some women will have little or no pain despite having extensive endometriosis affecting large areas or having endometriosis with scarring. On the other hand, women may have severe pain even though they have only a few small areas of endometriosis. However, pain does typically worsen with severity. Symptoms of endometriosic-related pain may include [3]: * dysmenorrhea – painful, sometimes disabling cramps during menses; pain may get worse over time (progressive pain), also lower back pains linked to the pelvis * chronic pelvic pain – typically accompanied by lower back pain or abdominal pain * dyspareunia – painful sex * dysuria – urinary urgency, frequency, and sometimes painful voiding A major symptom of endometriosis is recurring pelvic pain. The pain can be mild to severe cramping that occurs on both sides of the pelvis, to the lower back and rectal area and even down the legs. The amount of pain a woman feels is not necessarily related to the extent or stage (1 through 4) of endometriosis. Some women will have little or no pain despite having extensive endometriosis affecting large areas or having endometriosis with scarring. On the other hand, women may have severe pain even though they have only a few small areas of endometriosis. However, pain does typically worsen with severity. Symptoms of endometriosic-related pain may include [3]:

* dysmenorrhea – painful, sometimes disabling cramps during menses; pain may get worse over time (progressive pain), also lower back pains linked to the pelvis
* chronic pelvic pain – typically accompanied by lower back pain or abdominal pain
* dyspareunia – painful sex
* dysuria – urinary urgency, frequency, and sometimes painful voiding

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