ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023
Endo Belly: What Is It and Why Does It Happen?-A Narrative Review.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Low-FODMAP Diet for Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Endometriosis: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of Fish-Derived Lipids on Inflammation Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in Women with Endometriosis.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- Natural Products Targeting Oxidative Stress-Inflammation Crosstalk in Endometriosis.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2026Review
- Pain and functional outcomes after surgical versus hormonal treatment in rectovaginal endometriosis: a retrospective cohort study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2026Article
- Menstrual Effluent in the Pathogenesis and Diagnosis of Endometriosis-A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Concentration of Macrophage-Derived IL-1α and IL-12 in the Peritoneal Fluid of Patients With Endometriosis: A Pilot Case-Control Study.International journal of inflammation · 2026Article
- Hippo pathway in endometriosis pathogenesis: from cellular dysregulation to therapeutic opportunities.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Nutrition and Endometriosis: Current Evidence on Dietary Risk Factors and Clinical Impact - A Narrative Review.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Review
- The Histamine-Associated Inflammatory Landscape of Endometriosis: Molecular Profiling of HDC, HRH1-HRH4, and Cytokines Across Lesion Subtypes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Endometriosis: new insights and opportunities for relief of symptoms.Biology of reproduction · 2025Review
- The role of self-management in endometriosis pain: insights from a cross-sectional survey in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025Article
- Diet and Endometriosis: An Umbrella Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A Digital Program for Daily Life Management With Endometriosis: Pilot Cohort Study on Symptoms and Quality of Life Among Participants.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Non-menstrual pelvic symptoms and women's quality of life: a cross-sectional observational study.PloS one · 2025Observational
- Low Diet Quality and Nutritional Knowledge in Women with Endometriosis: A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Holistic approaches to living well with endometriosis.F1000Research · 2024Review
- The vicious cycle of chronic endometriosis and depression-an immunological and physiological perspective.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Review
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease where endometrial-like lesions settle outside the uterus, resulting in extensive inflammatory reactions. It is a complex disease that presents with a range of symptoms, with pain and infertility being the most common. Along with severe dysmenorrhea, cyclic and acyclic lower abdominal pain, cyclic dysuria and dyschezia, dyspareunia, and infertility, there are also nonspecific complaints that can cause confusion and make endometriosis the chameleon among gynecological diseases. These symptoms include unspecific intestinal complaints, cyclic diarrhea, but also constipation, nausea, vomiting, and stomach complaints. It appears that in addition to general bowel symptoms, there are also specific symptoms related to endometriosis such as cyclic bloating of the abdomen, known as endo belly. During the second half of the menstrual cycle leading up to menstruation, the abdomen becomes increasingly bloated causing discomfort and pain due to elevated sensitivity of the intestinal wall. Patients with endometriosis exhibit a reduced stretch pain threshold of the intestinal wall. Here, we review the endo belly, for the first time, pathophysiology and the influence of other diseases (such as irritable bowel syndrome-IBS), microbiome, hormonal levels, inflammation, and diet on the presentation of this condition.
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