Unraveling The Mystery Of Endometriosis And Infertility

Main Category: Fertility
Article Date: 01 Aug 2005 - 12:00 PDT

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Mark P Leondires, MD, FACOG of The Reproductive Medicine Associates of CT:

"According to the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 5.5 million women in the US have been diagnosed with endometriosis, a condition that is a factor in 25 to 50 percent of all cases of unexplained female infertility.

What's more, because its main symptom is pain during menstruation, a common and normal occurrence, and because definitive diagnosis requires invasive laparoscopic surgery, many women go undiagnosed for years, even decades.

While the disorder has remained much of a mystery to the medical community, recent research is shedding new light on why women develop endometriosis and how doctors can more effectively treat it to restore fertility."

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