Endometriosis Symptoms Overview

49 Symptoms from 1.743 people affected by endometriosis

The following are the reported symptoms of endometriosis sufferers.

For each of the symptoms, the endometriosis sufferers were able to rate the severity on a scale of 1 (not at all) to 5 (very strong) rate..

It has not been conclusively determined whether and which of the reported symptoms are directly related to endometriosis. It is possible that some of the symptoms are not causally caused by endometriosis, but also occur in the control group.

On the respective detail page of the symptom, the occurrence of the symptom can be compared between endometriosis sufferers and a control group.

Severe menstrual cramps (n = 1727)

3,88%

3,24%

6,31%

18,41%

68,15%

Lower abdominal pain (n = 1737)

0,75%

2,07%

8,98%

25,62%

62,58%

Bloated belly / Endo-Belly (n = 1736)

3,74%

5,36%

14,06%

28,57%

48,27%

Exhaustion / Fatigue (n = 1735)

2,65%

4,44%

14,18%

33,89%

44,84%

Heavy menstrual bleeding (n = 1716)

16,84%

8,57%

14,22%

22,79%

37,59%

Back pain (n = 1734)

5,48%

6,46%

19,72%

32,81%

35,52%

Flatulence (n = 1732)

3,00%

7,68%

21,94%

32,91%

34,47%

Clotted bleeding (n = 1719)

15,88%

9,48%

21,41%

27,92%

25,31%

Pain during intercourse (n = 1722)

11,79%

13,65%

25,55%

24,80%

24,22%

Feeling cold / shivering (n = 1732)

13,80%

13,34%

21,65%

27,19%

24,02%

Unfulfilled desire to have children (n = 1612)

43,98%

4,65%

23,08%

5,52%

22,77%

Prolonged menstrual bleeding (n = 1721)

30,04%

12,32%

16,15%

19,06%

22,43%

Frequent urination (n = 1729)

15,85%

14,86%

22,79%

24,18%

22,33%

Abdominal pain outside the lower abdomen (n = 1730)

12,02%

13,99%

23,87%

28,38%

21,73%

Pain after intercourse (n = 1716)

16,03%

14,57%

24,30%

23,54%

21,56%

Headaches / Migraine (n = 1734)

12,46%

14,82%

24,74%

27,57%

20,42%

Pain during bowel movements (n = 1732)

15,65%

13,51%

24,13%

28,06%

18,65%

Diarrhea (n = 1732)

14,26%

11,89%

25,92%

29,62%

18,30%

Food cravings (n = 1730)

15,72%

13,12%

26,88%

26,07%

18,21%

Leg pain (n = 1734)

20,76%

13,38%

23,93%

17,99%

Constipation (n = 1732)

21,59%

15,47%

23,38%

22,58%

16,97%

Depression (n = 1733)

14,02%

18,29%

27,87%

25,85%

13,96%

Joint pain (n = 1730)

27,11%

17,69%

23,53%

19,31%

12,37%

Shoulder pain (n = 1730)

38,50%

14,68%

18,03%

16,76%

12,02%

Nausea (n = 1732)

19,52%

17,96%

26,56%

24,08%

11,89%

Hot flashes (n = 1726)

30,88%

15,59%

23,41%

18,48%

11,65%

Limb pain (n = 1731)

25,25%

16,35%

25,77%

21,32%

11,32%

Dizziness (n = 1728)

18,75%

17,48%

28,99%

24,07%

10,71%

Urge to urinate without passing urine (n = 1730)

33,93%

19,13%

20,23%

16,88%

9,83%

Bladder infection (n = 1734)

46,83%

17,59%

15,57%

12,11%

7,90%

Pain during urination (n = 1729)

34,47%

20,07%

21,52%

16,14%

7,81%

Chest pain (n = 1732)

30,14%

17,55%

25,06%

19,57%

7,68%

Belching (n = 1724)

37,70%

19,72%

21,17%

13,92%

7,48%

Heartburn (n = 1727)

47,48%

18,07%

16,10%

11,00%

7,35%

Kidney pain (n = 1726)

38,41%

19,87%

21,38%

14,08%

6,26%

Shortness of breath (n = 1728)

37,21%

18,92%

21,70%

16,03%

6,13%

Vaginismus (n = 1685)

51,16%

16,44%

18,10%

8,78%

5,52%

Numbness in legs (n = 1730)

45,84%

18,27%

16,88%

13,70%

5,32%

Loss of appetite (n = 1728)

46,12%

20,43%

18,63%

10,07%

4,75%

Chills (n = 1727)

49,74%

17,49%

18,41%

10,08%

4,28%

Fainting (n = 1728)

61,57%

14,93%

13,02%

7,29%

3,18%

Blood in stool (n = 1724)

68,33%

11,83%

11,08%

6,44%

2,32%

Numbness in hands (n = 1729)

57,66%

16,43%

15,15%

8,44%

2,31%

Taste changes (e.g. iron taste) (n = 1723)

65,24%

15,50%

12,07%

5,05%

2,15%

Blood in urine (n = 1724)

77,90%

9,63%

8,47%

2,90%

1,10%

Loss of smell (n = 1726)

87,25%

7,07%

3,30%

1,56%

0,81%

Hearing loss (n = 1725)

78,43%

11,88%

6,38%

2,72%

0,58%

Fever (n = 1724)

74,13%

12,65%

9,16%

3,60%

0,46%

Coughing up blood (n = 1725)

97,16%

1,97%

0,75%

0,12%

0,00%

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