What is Endometriosis?

What is Endometriosis?

• Endometriosis: Misplaced uterus tissue causing scar tissue.
• Endometriosis: A condition in which functional endometrial tissue is present outside the UTERUS. It is often confined to the PELVIS involving the OVARY, the ligaments, cul-de-sac, and the uterovesical peritoneum.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Endometriosis: the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Endometriosis: Introduction

Types of Endometriosis:

Types of Endometriosis:

• Autoimmune Endometriosis
• Mild endometriosis
• Moderate endometriosis
• Severe endometriosis
• more types...»

Broader types of Endometriosis:

• Uterus conditions
• Endometrial conditions
• Ovary conditions
• Fallopian tube conditions
• more types...»

How many people get Endometriosis?

Prevalance of Endometriosis: 10 to 20 percent of American women of childbearing age have endometriosis (NIDCD); up to 2 million women in the UK.
Prevalance Rate of Endometriosis: approx 1 in 20 or 5.00% or 13.6 million people in USA [about data]

Who gets Endometriosis?

Patient Profile for Endometriosis: Usually in young adult women (30's and 40's), especially who have never been pregnant; menstruating women.

Gender Profile for Endometriosis: Women only.

How serious is Endometriosis?

Complications of Endometriosis: see complications of Endometriosis

What causes Endometriosis?

Causes of Endometriosis: see causes of Endometriosis
Risk factors for Endometriosis: see risk factors for Endometriosis

What are the symptoms of Endometriosis?

Symptoms of Endometriosis: see symptoms of Endometriosis

Complications of Endometriosis: see complications of Endometriosis

Endometriosis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Endometriosis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Endometriosis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Endometriosis: see treatments for Endometriosis
Research for Endometriosis: see research for Endometriosis

Society issues for Endometriosis

Hospitalization statistics for Endometriosis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Endometriosis:

• 0.131% (16,666) of hospital consultant episodes were for endometriosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 99% of hospital consultant episodes for endometriosis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 100% of hospital consultant episodes for endometriosis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 7% of hospital consultant episodes for endometriosis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Endometriosis:

Organs and body systems related to Endometriosis include:

• Ovaries
• Fallopian tubes
• Uterus

Name and Aliases of Endometriosis

Main name of condition: Endometriosis

Chocolate cyst, Endometrioma Source - Diseases Database

Adenomyosis
Source - WordNet 2.1

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Endometriosis:

• Abdominal pain
• Period pain
• Heavy periods
• Infertility
• Having fewer periods
• Multiple pregnancies
• Early first pregnancy
• IUDs
• Oral contraceptives
• Tampons

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