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Can Endometriosis Cuase Infertility?

Author: Dr. Lee
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Time: 2012/8/11 17:23:13

What is endometriosis?

Endometriosis is a condition that can affect many women at different life stages. It is when the lining of the uterus (that is shed every month during menstruation) surfaces in other places where it should not be, such as in all the reproductive organs as well as other places in the body. It can bleed just like the uterine lining and cause severe inflammation of the tissues. There seems to be a genetic component, as well. If a woman has endometriosis, a first-degree relative has a seven percent chance of developing the disease.

First - A young woman who has had miserable periods for several years. She gets terrible cramps during her period (and even cramping at other times of her menstrual cycle), as well as constipation and frequency of urination around the time of her period. She lives with chronic pain.

Next - An adult woman who has never had children and has been trying to conceive for over six months without any results. Her husband has been tested for fertility and is fine. She had a sonogram of her pelvis, and her doctor told her she has an ovarian mass.

Finally - An adult woman who has very bad cramps before and during her period, pain during sex, intermittent bleeding during her menstrual cycle, back pain and lower abdominal pain.

All three of these women have endometriosis, a benign, common, chronic estrogen- dominant disease. Endometriosis affects 12 to 32 percent of menstruating women. Pain is the most common presentation - chronic pelvic pain, pain during the menstrual period or pain upon deep penetration during intercourse.

Endometriosis can also be the reason for infertility in 50 percent of women who undergo a laparoscopy, a surgery where a scope is inserted into the abdomen to visualize the pelvic organs. And 50 percent of teenage girls with chronic pain will be diagnosed with endometriosis.

If the diagnosis seems to point to endometriosis, treatment with anti-inflammatory medication should be tried first, either alone or along with birth control pills (or other hormonal treatments). If the patient does not respond to these treatments after three months, a laparoscopy should be performed. This procedure is the most definitive way to diagnose endometriosis because there is direct visualization of the pelvis: endometriosis looks like cigarette burns on various pelvic organs. There can be burns on the bowel and the bladder, causing these organs to develop symptoms. Also, cysts - called chocolate cysts - can present as masses in the ovaries. Anti-inflammatory medication Fuyan Pill clearing away inner heat and toxic material in pelvic region. Generally women can get cured after taking Fuyan Pill for 3 months. In order to control the chronic pain of this disease, a woman may need to be treated with Fuyan Pill. A patient can be free of pain without undergoing a complete hysterectomy.

If a woman is diagnosed with endometriosis and has had surgery to remove all the endometriosis, she may then, depending on the stage, try to conceive on her own for six months. If she does not conceive, she may need help from a specialist who will treat her with fertility medications or in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Keywords: endometriosis ; endometriosis treatment ; endometriosis surgery ; Fuyan Pill

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