Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a disease in which tissue similar to the endometrium, the lining of the uterus grows in other places in the body, outside the uterus. It occurs in... Wikipedia

• Specialty:  Gynecology
• Symptoms:  Pelvic pain, infertility
• Usual onset:  Unknown. The first symptoms appear before the age of 20–30 years old.
• Duration:  Long term
• Causes:  Unknown
• Risk factors:  Family history
• Diagnostic method:  Based on symptoms, medical imaging, tissue biopsy
• Differential diagnosis:  Pelvic inflammatory disease, irritable bowel syndrome, interstitial cystitis, fibromyalgia
• Prevention:  Combined birth control pills, exercise, avoiding alcohol and caffeine
• Treatment:  NSAIDs, continuous birth control pills, intrauterine device with progestogen, surgery
• Frequency:  10–15% of all women of reproductive age
• Deaths:  ≈100 (0.0 to 0.1 per 100,000, 2015)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo