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Managing symptoms

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The list is the signs NICE NG73 says should raise suspicion of endometriosis. The diary is the one NICE says can help the conversation. NICE NG73 1.3.1–1.3.3

What I notice

  • Period pain. Pain with your period that stops daily activities or affects quality of life
  • Pelvic pain. Pain in the pelvis that is there outside your period
  • Pain with sex. Deep pain during or after sex
  • Bowel. Painful bowel movements, or other bowel symptoms, around your period
  • Bladder. Pain passing urine, or blood in the urine, around your period
  • Pregnancy. Trouble getting pregnant, together with one of the symptoms above
  • Family. A mother, sister or daughter (a first-degree relative) with endometriosis

Diary

DatePainBleedingBowel / bladderWhat I tried

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