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...Like many of you, endometriosis isn’t my only chronic condition. I also have psoriatic arthritis and migraine disease. Because some of my migraine attacks are accompanied by an aura, neither...

...Women who are diagnosed with endometriosis are often prescribed hormonal treatments to help manage their condition. But what do these drugs really do and are they effective? It’s important for...

...Testing for small intestine bacterial overgrowth isn’t necessarily straightforward. Before you consider ordering an at home test, it’s helpful to understand the limitations and nuances of testing so you can...

...I learned about "painsomnia" from Dawn Gibson, a fellow health advocate who writes for AnkylosingSpondylitis.net. Like the name suggests, it's pain that keeps you up at night. Gibson and I don't...

...As a human being, I am supposed to be a social animal. However, when I am suffering from a painful endometriosis flare-up, there is very little social about me. Yet...

...Trying to get pregnant, especially with a history of endometriosis, is an uncertain road. There are a lot of unknowns and what if’s... the biggest one being "Will it really...

...When my gynecologist told me that I needed surgery to alleviate my endometriosis symptoms, the only thing that calmed me was how matter-of-factly she said it. As if this was...

...For as long as I can remember, I have had some sort of pelvic pain. The type of pain that would just radiate down the legs. As a kid, I...

...When we think of workplace accommodations, we often think that this means special chairs, or adaptable keyboards, or ergonomic mice. In the context of endometriosis, these don’t help that much...