Relieve your stress
Keeping your stress levels low can help you, too. Try meditation, mindfulness, and breathing techniques, do yoga, diffuse essential oils, take your vitamins, and visit a green space to reduce the levels of stress in your life. As your body relaxes, your pain should decrease as well.
Endometriosis is when some of the cells similar to those that line the uterus (womb), called the endometrium, grow in other parts of the body. They usually grow in the pelvis, but can move to almost any part of the body.
Endometriosis can occur in any girl or woman who has started having menstrual periods. It affects approximately 10% of women. Most young women are diagnosed in their late teens and 20s.
Endometriosis has significant social, public health and economic implications. It can decrease quality of life due to severe pain, fatigue, depression, anxiety and infertility. Some individuals with endometriosis experience debilitating pain that prevents them from going to work or school.
Who gets endometriosis? Endometriosis can happen in any girl or woman who has menstrual periods, but it is more common in women in their 30s and 40s. You might be more likely to get endometriosis if you have: Never had children.
Endometriosis is a painful chronic condition. In Australia it affects at least one in 9 girls and women and those assigned female at birth.
Untreated endometriosis can cause significant pain, bloating, excess menstrual bleeding, and digestive distress. Over time, it can also affect a person's fertility. When endometriosis tissue grows outside the uterus, it can affect other organs — especially the ovaries and reproductive structures.
Endometriosis is a chronic condition that develops and progresses over a long period of time. It can develop during early adolescence and gradually progress as a person reaches adulthood.
If you have endometriosis, one of the best ways to sleep is on your side. Sleeping on your left side, in particular, may reduce pressure on your uterus and other organs, which can help alleviate pain and discomfort.
Endo belly is the colloquial term for abdominal distension caused by endometriosis. Unlike the short-term bloating that sometimes accompanies your period, endo belly is much more severe, triggering physical, mental, and emotional symptoms.
Surgery can be used to remove or destroy the endometriosis. The most common surgery approach is laparoscopy (key-hole surgery). Cysts of endometriosis on the ovaries (endometriomas), are unlikely to disappear on their own and generally cannot be treated with medicine.
An experienced gynecologist may suspect endometriosis based on a woman's symptoms and the findings during a pelvic exam. Currently, the only way to diagnose endometriosis is through laparoscopy – a minor minimally invasive surgical procedure that is done under general anesthesia (while the patient is asleep).
Endometriosis has been associated with a higher risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease (CVD). According to Missmer, the association is likely attributable both to systemic chronic inflammation and endometriosis treatments.
Endometriosis can have a range of symptoms such as heavy and painful periods, discomfort during and after intercourse and infertility. However, the condition can also cause abdominal bloating and general fatigue which are very common and often overlooked.
Endometriosis is a serious health issue faced by many women, and it can also indirectly cause hair loss. Women have enough on their biological plate to deal, and so while hair loss might seem like an inconvenient man's problem, rest assured it's most likely a temporary dilemma.
In brief, decisions will be made on individual circumstances as to whether a person meets the criteria for a disability. This has always been the case. An individual who has endometriosis will not automatically be deemed disabled.
Studies show that women are at higher risk for endometriosis if they: Have a mother, sister, or daughter with endometriosis. Started their periods at an early age (before age 11) Have short monthly cycles (less than 27 days)
And there's no genetic trait associated with endometriosis that could lead to cancer. Some rare types of ovarian cancer, like clear cell ovarian cancer and endometrioid ovarian cancer, are more common in women with endometriosis. But even with those cancer types, the risk is still lower than 1%.
Risk factors
Going through menopause at an older age. Short menstrual cycles — for instance, less than 27 days. Heavy menstrual periods that last longer than seven days. Having higher levels of estrogen in your body or a greater lifetime exposure to estrogen your body produces.
Hormone treatment. The aim of hormone treatment is to limit or stop the production of oestrogen in your body, as oestrogen encourages endometriosis tissue to grow and shed. Limiting oestrogen can shrink endometriosis tissue in the body and reduce pain from endometriosis.