Tracking Your Endometriosis Treatment: How Monitoring Gut Symptoms Can Show Progress

Tracking gut symptoms can reveal how well your endometriosis treatment is working, often before pain levels change. While pelvic pain is the most commonly discussed symptom of endometriosis, it is an unreliable standalone measure of treatment progress. Bloating, acid reflux, bowel irregularities, and nausea are tied directly to the inflammation and hormonal imbalances that drive […]

Endometriosis and Your Gut: Understanding Symptom Progression and the ‘Rule of 30s’

Endometriosis causes gut symptoms in up to 90% of those affected, including bloating, irregular bowel movements, and abdominal pain, according to a 2024 study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. What surprises many people is how dramatically these digestive symptoms can worsen over time, following a pattern clinicians informally call the “Rule of 30s”: a noticeable […]