However, many are not diagnosed for around eight years because symptoms are similar to other health problems., pain during and following sex, bleeding between periods, pain in the lower abdomen and difficulty conceiving.
Endometriosis can occasionally be diagnosed with ultrasound scans - but keyhole surgery is the most common form of diagnosis.- an operation to remove the womb - is rare, and usually only performed on women for whom other treatments haven't worked, and who have decided to not have more children.if you suffer from endometriosis, because both conditions are caused by the same genes.