Symptoms
During the menstrual cycle, the symptoms are:
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* Increasing the amount of blood
* Rings with extended rules: over 8 days
* Early menarche (before 11 years)
* Dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation), the pain usually occurs on the second day of menstruation, then gradually going to get worse
* Pain rather localized on the side of the basin
* Discomfort and deep
* Difficulties in the issuance of stools (sometimes) which in turn becomes painful.

Other symptoms may occur sometimes, rather phase located around ovulation (sometimes unrelated to the menstrual cycle). They are:
* Pain triggered by a change of position (sit)
* Leg pains or bladder (may be revealing)
* Deep pain during intercourse (dyspareunia) with a tendency to radiate to the back of the pelvis
* Pain in the brain or lungs, original endometriosis (due to the migration of fragments of endometrium: exceptional)
* Urinary problems.
The onset of pain, their repetition and their progressive nature may give a clue to the diagnosis of endometriosis.
Medical tests
Researchers have tried to find a substance, the dose in the blood would provide evidence of this pathology. This substance is a marker whose presence in the body can tell whether a disease is present. By measuring this marker, it is possible to further share his assessment of the severity of this disease.
With regard to endometriosis, it is the CA 125 (glycoprotein: a protein associated with sugar).His normal rate in the blood is 35 international units per ml of blood. In addition, there is a strong presumption of endometriosis.
Unfortunately, some patients have a normal serum CA 125 in blood, and yet have endometriosis. We can therefore conclude with certainty that the elevation above the normal rate of 35 international units per ml of CA 125 is in direct correlation with the disease.

On the other hand, there arises the problem of rising CA 125 in other diseases such as certain cancers, especially those of the ovary and uterus.
We can therefore say that the use of this marker is not really sufficient to provide acceptable screening tool. On the other hand, its specificity is not sufficient to make individual diagnoses valid. By cons, and worth using for the therapeutic monitoring of patients.
Medical examination
The diagnosis of this disease is currently based mainly on the laparoscopic approach. But it remains limited because of its invasive nature. It is mainly done in serious cases, and in case of strong suspicion of endometriosis.
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is much more reliable than the scanner. It is commonly used for nerve damage. With regard to endometriosis, MRI should in the near future provide important diagnostic features that can specifically help make appropriate treatment decisions.
Treatment
The treatment of endometriosis associated medical and surgical techniques.
Medical treatment is always offered initially. Only after the evidence of its ineffectiveness as it is for the surgery.
This consists of progestin is to say based drug progesterone. These drugs have side effects:
* Weight gain,
* Bleeding outside the rules,
* Disorders of lipid metabolism (fatty substances in the body).
Another drug, Danazol, acts on endometriotic lesions by an androgenic effect, that is to say an effect similar to that of the male hormone. He has also called androgenic effects side effects:
* Weight gain,
* Emphasis of sweat,
* Acne
* Vaginal dryness,
* Decrease in breast size.















