By Judy Foreman
Historically, endometriosis — in which tissue from the lining of the uterus, called the endometrium, escapes and lodges in other areas — has been thought of as a problem of adult women.
According to the National Institutes of Health, 5.5 million women in North America have endometriosis; there is no cure, but pregnancy can sometimes trigger a lasting remission, and the disease often gets better at menopause. The disease causes infertility in 30 to 40 percent of women who have it.
Two-thirds of adults with endometriosis began getting symptoms before age 20, and endometriosis is increasingly being found in young women as well.
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