Dr. Dan Martin is the Scientific and Medical Director for EndoFound. Forty-five peer-reviewed publications on endometriosis are included in his more than 414 publications focused on pelvic surgery for endometriosis and fertility. The prevalence of dysmenorrhea varies between 16% and 91% in women of reproductive age, with severe pain in 2%-29% of the women studied.

We discuss:

• Endometriosis vs. Adenomyosis vs. Fibroids
• Causes of pelvic pain
• Issues with too much estrogen
• How to be properly diagnosed with your pelvic pain condition
• Treatments you can do at home to manage pelvic pain vs. when it is time to see a doctor
• All treatment options related to pelvic pain conditions

“If pain is getting worse and not better with medication, it is not normal.” - Dr. Dan Martin

Resources

• Resources and episodes on Endometriosis

• Resources and episodes on Women's Health-Related Pain

• Recommended Books on Pelvic Health

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More about Dr. Dan Martin

Dr Martin is Professor Emeritus, University of Tennessee Health Science Center; a community member of the Virginia Commonwealth University Institutional Review Board; and a life fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He has been Divisional Director of Reproductive Endocrinology and Divisional Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University of Tennessee and Divisional Director of Medical Education at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes. Dr. Martin is Past-president of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists and the Gynecologic Laser Society.

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