Symptoms Of Endometriosis

Pain During Bowel Movements

Often women who experience pain during bowel movements are diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or some other disease before doctors discover they actually have endometriosis. This pain could also be accompanied by other bowel movement related problems, such as rectal pain or bleeding, constipation, diarrhea, and intestinal cramping.

One of the reasons for painful bowel movements is because endometriosis could create those fibrous tissues and cause the bowel to stick to the other organs in the reproductive tract. Another reason could be due to inflammatory mediators that cause problems with the bowel system. For example, prostaglandins can be released by endometrial tissue during menstruation, and this causes smooth muscle contractions.

Keep reading to reveal more symptoms of endometriosis.