Endometriosis is a long-term (chronic) condition. Symptoms can vary significantly from person to person, and some women have no symptoms at all. The most common symptoms include: painful periods or heavy periods; pain in the lower abdomen (tummy), pelvis or lower back; pain during and after sex; bleeding between periods and difficulty getting pregnant. Most women with endometriosis get pain in the area between their hips and the tops of their legs. Some women experience this pain all the time. Other symptoms may include: persistent exhaustion and tiredness; discomfort when going to the toilet; bleeding from your back passage (rectum) or blood in your poo and coughing blood – in rare cases when the endometriosis tissue is in the lung. How severe the symptoms are depends on where in your body the abnormal tissue is, rather than the amount of tissue you have. A small amount could be more painful than a large amount.
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