In most cases, liver function tests stay in the normal range in patients with liver endometriosis. The endometrial lesions may be seen by ultrasound, CT, or MRI scans. In MRI and CT, the lesions may ...

If you’ve discovered that the root cause of your endometriosis belly is, in fact, small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), today I will take you through your options for treating it with ...

So you finally took the plunge. You did the prep diet, you took the breath test, and you now have your small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) results in your hand. But what the heck do they mean?

For the past 18 months I have felt painfully unwell. Interstitial cystitis, you may assume. Or perhaps small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), or even anxiety. Yes to all three, but there’s ...

Taking a patient-centered approach could help overcome a historical racial bias in the U.S. that endometriosis mostly affects white women and improve overall patient management, a study suggests. The ...

When an endometriosis flare-up attacks, it becomes this battlefield inside of me and turns into this horrendous war with all of my organs. My own body holds me hostage. It is almost as if I’ve become ...

Periods aren’t nice. They’re messy, smelly, make you feel dirty, and most women will have some discomfort whether due to pain or water retention. For women with endometriosis (among other conditions), ...

In Canada, women with endometriosis often experience a delay of more than five years to get diagnosed, a large study reports. The study, “Prevalence, Symptomatic Burden, and Diagnosis of Endometriosis ...

I drink a lot of water. If you’ve been following my interstitial cystitis journey, you’ll know I’m actually drinking too much for my weight and height! But that’s not the case for most people. Most of ...

Endometriosis is a disorder in which endometrial lesions (patches of endometrial-like tissue) form outside the uterus. Normal endometrial tissue lines the uterus, and swells and sheds during the ...

It’s difficult to describe pain. When we talk to our doctors, we usually try to describe pain with words like “sharp” or “dull,” or by using a pain scale from one to 10. I’ve never felt I’ve been able ...

Sometimes eating for endometriosis seems to involve a lot of cutting out food groups. The problem with this approach is that we get into a habit of swapping out foods for easy, “free-from-processed” ...