{"id":76468,"date":"2016-03-21T02:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=76468"},"modified":"2016-03-21T10:50:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T17:50:39","slug":"what-is-endometriosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/what-is-endometriosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Know About Endometriosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, more than five million women experience a painful condition that can affect their fertility: endometriosis. You&#8217;ve probably heard about the condition most <a href=\"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/lena-dunham-taking-break\/\">recently from <em>Girls<\/em> star Lena Dunham.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So what is endometriosis exactly? It&#8217;s a condition that occurs when the tissue that typically grows in your uterus (known as the endometrium) starts growing in other places. Examples include the ovaries, Fallopian tubes, cervix, vagina, bowel, bladder, or rectum.<\/p>\n<p>This is a problem for endometriosis sufferers because the tissue in the uterus bleeds. When it is located in other parts of the body, the bleeding can cause swelling, pain, and other complications depending on where the tissue is located.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the symptoms?<\/strong><br \/>\nWomen with endometriosis experience very intense menstrual cramping, pain during or after sex, pain when having a bowel movement, and\/or pelvic pain. Other symptoms associated with endometriosis include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Bleeding\/spotting between periods<br \/>\n\u2022 Stomach concerns, such as bloating, constipation, diarrhea, and nausea<br \/>\n\u2022 Trouble getting pregnant<br \/>\n\u2022 Unexplained fatigue<\/p>\n<p><strong>Am I at Risk?<\/strong><br \/>\nDoctors don\u2019t know exactly what causes endometriosis, but they have some ideas. The most accepted thought is that some blood and tissue from a period flows backwards instead of forwards, which can cause tissue changes. You\u2019re also more likely to have the condition if a family member has it.\u00a0Women in their 30s and 40s are also more likely to experience endometriosis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treatments for Endometriosis<\/strong><br \/>\nTalk to your gynecologist. He or she can do studies, such as a pelvic exam, imaging tests, or a tissue biopsy, to determine if endometriosis could be a cause.<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Each year, more than five million women experience a painful condition that can affect their ...","author":252621,"featured_media":76471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/21105010\/endometriosis_main-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/21105010\/endometriosis_main.jpg","formated_date":"March 21, 2016","category_name":"Health","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#f998a2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76468"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/252621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}