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Written by Amanda Clark   
One of the most common reproductive health problems for women of child-bearing age is a condition known as endometriosis. Some five million American women suffer from this disease. The illness results when tissue that behaves like the lining of the uterus grows in areas outside of the uterus, such as on the ovaries. Endometriosis can grow anywhere in a woman's reproductive system, and endometriosis cysts must be treated promptly.

One of the most common reproductive health problems for women of child-bearing age is a condition known as endometriosis. Some five million American women suffer from this disease. The illness results when tissue that behaves like the lining of the uterus grows in areas outside of the uterus, such as on the ovaries. Endometriosis can grow anywhere in a woman's reproductive system, and endometriosis cysts must be treated promptly.

The causes of endometriosis are not well understood, although the most recent research seems to indicate that genetics plays a big role in the condition. Women whose mothers, sisters, or other close female relatives have endometriosis are seven times more likely to develop the condition themselves. Other signs of susceptibility to endometriosis include starting periods at an early age and having heavy periods or periods longer than seven days.

Additional symptoms can include agonizing menstrual cramps, chronic pain in the pelvic area, pain during and after sexual intercourse, painful bowel movements or urination during periods and spotting or bleeding between periods. The good news is that endometriosis cysts are rarely found in parts of the body outside the reproductive system, such as the lungs. However, because the female reproductive system lies so close to the bowels and bladder, cysts sometimes can be found in these locations.

Thankfully, endometriosis cysts usually aren't cancerous. They also usually stay somewhere in a woman's reproductive organs and don't migrate to places like the lungs or liver. Sometimes endometriosis cysts can develop on the bowels or bladder, however, because these organs lie so near the reproduction organs.

While ongoing endometriosis can be managed with certain hormones and pain medications, once endometriosis cysts hemorrhage or burst, they must be treated immediately by surgery. In some cases it is possible to remove the endometriosis cysts and restore a woman's reproductive organs. Sadly, in other cases the only safe treatment for severe endometriosis is surgically removing the reproductive organs, a procedure known as a complete hysterectomy.

If you believe you are suffering from endometriosis, see your gynecologist as soon as possible.

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