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Endometriosis can be very painful. It can have a significant effect on a woman's quality of life. Below are few of the common symptoms of Endometriosis. Painful periods Pain with intercourse Heavy period Mid Cycle spotting Endometriosis occurs when the uterine tissue gets seeded outside the uterus. Removing the uterus can help tremendously with the following symptoms: Heavy periods lead to anemia Painful periods Mid Cycle spotting Bleeding outside of sync with your period Bloating As you probably already know, a Hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus.  Leaving the ovaries inside and intact. Removal of ovaries is oophorectomy. Usually, with the hysterectomy for endometriosis, your surgeon will clean up and remove any endometrial tissue she/he sees in the pelvic area. Unfortunately, the endometrial tissue can grow back on the ovaries and elsewhere in the pelvic area in some people. It’s hard to say why. After a hysterectomy, you do not have the retrograde menstruation, but if there was any micro end