Mary is an active working mother with one child and a husband she loves and feels an equal partner to in their marriage. But lately, she has had difficulty coping with her daily routine because of severe abdominal pain. When she rises in the morning, the cramping starts and doubles her over. At times it subsides to a dull ache, and she has described it to her doctor has “Having a bad case of PMS-all the time.” She would like to have another child, but is having trouble conceiving.

Mary has endometriosis.

If you are a woman with endometriosis, you may have one or more of the symptoms described above, or others, which include:
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