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Symptoms

What are the symptoms of endometriosis?

Symptoms vary and some individuals have only infertility

  • Severe pain during menstruation (see “Pain“)
  • Pelvic or abdominal pain not associated with menses
  • Low back and/or leg pain
  • Pain with sex (see “Sexual Functioning“)
  • Painful bowel movements
  • Stomach problems including nausea, bloating, diarrhea and/or constipation (see “Bowel/GI“)
  • Fatigue (see “Fatigue” and “Inflammation“)
  • Infertility (see “Fertility Issues“)

Less common symptoms

  • Pain with breathing and/or shoulder pain particularly during menstruation may indicate diaphragm or lung endometriosis (see “Thoracic (diaphragm)“)
  • Coughing up blood or collapse of lung during period may indicate lung endometriosis