What are the symptoms of endometriosis?

What are the symptoms of endometriosis?

Patients with endometriosis often have symptoms such as heavy menstruation, dysmenorrhea, sexual pain, and infertility; if ectopic endometrium appears in the bladder and intestines, urinary system discomfort symptoms such as urgency, frequency, pain, hematuria, and abnormal bowel movement symptoms such as constipation and diarrhea may also occur.

1. Excessive menstrual flow

Patients often experience increased menstrual flow and prolonged menstrual periods because when hormones stimulate the endometrium, the endometrium in the normal position will shed and the ectopic endometrium will also shed, leading to increased menstrual flow.

2. Dysmenorrhea

This is the most typical manifestation of endometriosis. Patients often begin to experience abdominal pain two days before menstruation. After menstruation, the abdominal pain symptoms will become more obvious. The abdominal pain will gradually disappear until the end of menstruation. The more serious the condition, the more severe the abdominal pain.

3. Pain during sexual intercourse

In some patients, the endometrium grows in the rectal fossa of the uterus and the rectal septum of the vagina. During intercourse, the ectopic endometrium will be stimulated, causing swelling and pain in the surrounding tissues. Because of the discomfort such as pain during sexual intercourse, patients will be afraid of sexual intercourse over time, resulting in a decrease in sexual desire.

4. Infertility

Because the patient's ectopic endometrium bleeds every month, it is easy to cause adhesions around the fallopian tubes, affecting the output of the egg and preventing the formation of a fertilized egg. Even if a fertilized egg is formed, it will hinder the fertilized egg from entering the uterine cavity. Therefore, patients with endometriosis often have infertility problems.

5. Urinary system discomfort symptoms

If ectopic endometrium appears in the bladder, or invades and compresses the ureter, the patient will experience urinary system discomfort symptoms such as urgency, frequency, pain, hematuria, etc. These symptoms are usually cyclical, and these abnormal manifestations will appear when menstruation comes, and these abnormal manifestations will be relieved or disappear after the end of menstruation.

6. Abnormal bowel movements

If ectopic endometrium appears in the intestines, patients often experience symptoms such as abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, and sometimes periodic bloody stools.