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without first speaking with your doctor. Now let's head to the show. Hey everyone, today I spoke with

Jandra Mueller and we went into the topic of endometriosis, which might be underlying some non-responsive symptoms, including infertility,

painful periods, and also non-responsive constipation, IBS, but probably with the lean

toward constipation, distension, pelvic pain.

So this is kind of the short list of symptoms.

And we discussed what factors to look for that may indicate that endometriosis could be what is leading to some of these non-responsive symptoms. And one historical factor to think about

is if you're on or were on for a long period of time, birth control, because you had painful periods

and or heavy bleeding, that's also one historical factor that can be helpful.

So we outline this a bit more in attempts to help women understand where some chronic and non-responsive

IBS, constipation, distension, pelvic pain, infertility, painful periods

might have come from back when one started on birth control or at current.

And this is something that apparently can evade diagnosis. I believe she had said the average

time to diagnosis is six years.

So, of course, I'm hoping with this conversation, we help you to better see and recognize

when an investigation for endometriosis might be pertinent. And also, she provides some resources

for, I guess websites that aggregate referrals sources.

So a very insightful conversation with Jandra Mueller.

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