Endometriosis and fertility: An expert on the links and sufferers' common fears
An estimated 10 percent of all women of childbearing age are affected by endometriosis, a painful disorder in which tissue, similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus, grows on one or more organs. Endometriosis most commonly affects the uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and the tissue lining the pelvis. Because of the areas it occurs, it often causes debilitating period pain, discomfort opening the bowels and/or bladder, heavy periods and pain or discomfort during sex - yet’s it commonly confused with IBS or pelvic inflammatory disease.