DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My daughter, 21, is in her last semester of college. She has had painful periods since her late teens. Now they have gotten so bad that she has had a tough time keeping up with her schoolwork. At the college health service, they told her she has endometriosis and have put her on birth control pills. Please explain this to me. -- N.D.

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