While there is no cure for endometriosis, a range of treatments exists to help manage symptoms and improve quality of life. Treatment plans are highly individualised, based on symptom severity, the extent of the disease, and desire for fertility.

• Pain Medication: Over the counter pain relievers may be helpful for mild pain, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications or paracetamol. Sometimes stronger medication is required.
• Hormone Treatment can suppress activity of endometriosis or decrease recurrence after surgical treatment. This is not appropriate when wanting fertility.
• Surgery is a good option for women wishing to improve natural fertility, as well as those with severe pain. This is most often done laparoscopically with the aid of a long thin camera inserted through small incisions in the abdomen, where endometriosis lesions are removed at the time of operation. Endometriosis can also be removed during an open operation called a laparotomy where a long incision is made on the abdomen.
• Fertility Treatment: Women with endometriosis who are trying to conceive may need fertility treatments, such as In Vitro fertilisation (IVF). IVF treatment is the best option for women wanting fertility, , to improve their chances of pregnancy.
• Pelvic Clearance operation and hysterectomy is another option reserved for women not desiring fertility, or who experience very severe symptoms. This is usually reserved as a last resort.