Period pain: Living with poorly understood endometriosis

Endometriosis is often ignored with women expected to get on with their lives, a medical scientist, who suffers from the painful autoimmune condition, tells Helen O'Callaghan

Susan McCarthy, in Dublin, has had such severe pain that she has vomited. “Pain and bloating are two of the worst things: there are certain times of the month when I look pregnant,” said the 39-year-old. File picture.

Endometriosis occurs when ‘the lining’ of the uterus grows beyond it. Though it affects one in 10 women, the painful condition is little known here, says Helen O’Callaghan

Amy Moriarty, in Kilkenny, has had many days when she couldn’t move or stand up, because of severe abdominal pain, which radiated into her back.