What effects would you expect endometriosis to have on the female reproductive system and on fertility

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Dax White

19 March, 20:03

What effects would you expect endometriosis to have on the female reproductive system and on fertility

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Walton · Answer 1

Women with endometriosis often have lower abdominal pain, pain with periods, or pain with ... Endometriosis is estimated to affect between 3% and 10% of reproductive-aged women ... This may be due to differences in a woman's immune system ... Between 20 and 40% of women with infertility will have endometriosis.

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Jasmin Kaiser · Answer 2

Abnormal tissue growing on the ovaries might affect ovulation, making it harder or impossible for women to get pregnant. That extra tissue may cause pain, since the tissue is growing in places it is not meant to be growing.