(BlackDoctor.org) -- Endometriosis is a very individualized disease. No woman experiences it exactly the same way as another. So what works for one person might not work for another. This disease can take a toll on women physically, mentally and emotionally. It can cause women untold stress, and the stress often makes symptoms worse.

So how do we take care of ourselves as individuals while dealing with this disease? Let’s look at a few things that might actually

(BlackDoctor.org) -- Women with endometriosis often have several types of chronic pain conditions because their abnormal growths develop a nerve supply that communicates with the brain, new research suggests.

Florida State University Professor of Neuroscience Karen Berkley was the lead researcher in a study that shows that endometrial cysts become supplied by sympathetic and sensory nerves that could contribute to both the different types of pain associated with endometriosis and the

(BlackDoctor.org) -- Endometriosis is a poorly understood condition that incapacitates and affects the productivity and lifestyle of millions of women around the world.

In the US, it affects approximately six million women and adolescents at a cost of some $1.6 billion per year. It is a chronic painful disease which occurs when endometrial tissue grows as lesions outside the uterus, mainly in the area of the ovaries and fallopian tubes, but can also affect the intestinal tract. The condition