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How to treat endometriosis?

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Endometriosis, pregnant and cheating husband!!!

I've been living with endometriosis for over 15 years now. Been married 14 years, to a man I thought...

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Post hysterectomy overies with HPV

I am 56,post menopausal and have HPV. Several years ago I had a procedure where the froze some dysphasia...

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Im 19, does it get better?

I'm 19 years old. I had emergency surgery two months ago because my doctor thought my appendix was rupturing. I...

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I'm 19 years old. I had emergency surgery two months ago because my doctor thought my appendix was rupturing. I woke up later to find out it was chronic pelvic pain due to endometriosis. (Which I have never heard of.) I was told by my doctor that the pain I experience almost every day will most likely not go away until I have a hysterectomy later in my life. I was also told that there is a chance I may not be able to have kids and that it's likely I may struggle one day in becoming pregnant. I cried for days, not understanding a thing my doctor told me or why.

I never thought something like this could affect my life so much. I just turned 19. It makes me feel like something is wrong with me and honestly, a little worthless. My whole life I've dreamed of having my own family one day. I know I'll be okay, but it's hard dealing with endometriosis when it threatens my life long ideas of happiness and makes me question my worth as a women. I'll most likely never be able to have a surprise pregnancy like some of my older friends. It all seems like it comes so naturally and easily. Will my future relationship struggle because I may not be able to do the one thing that women are created to do? Who wants to be with someone who carries that kind of baggage. Worst of all, the pain reminds me of it everyday. Im not a depressing person, I love life and love being young. But I've cried in the bathroom at my work several times due to pain. I'm embarrassed by it. I don't want anyone to know.

I don't mean to come off as helpless or depressing. But my world has been flipped upside down. I joined this site for advice, help, and support. My family tries to understand my situation but its impossible. I'm very thankful my situation isn't worse. I just need help so I can become as strong as some of the other women who post their experiences as well. Most people my age are having fun partying and living life to the fullest. Being sober at parties comes off as being lame but Im terrified of making my endometriosis worse. I know it can have negative affects and possibly make it worse. But people my age don't understand or even know about endometriosis. And honestly I don't want them to know about something so personal to me that affects my life daily. I'm embarrassed and terrified of my future. Does it get better?View Thread

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I'm 19, does it get better?

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Just starting diagnosis process with gyno..maybe T...

I'm 33yrs old, about 5yrs ago I was diagnosed with IBS (or so we thought). Debilitating abdominal pain with...

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Hey, i am almost a month in to my first shot of Lupron. I am also doing the add-back therapy (I started...

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Reply: Endo/ bicornuate uterus and pain

I hope that since this post you have found a resolution. I went through years of horrible pain and several...

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I hope that since this post you have found a resolution. I went through years of horrible pain and several doctors before I found one that actually helped me.. But there were consequences with that as well. I started with painful periods from the get go. My Obgyn prescribed pain meds and dolomite. It did not help. In college I revisited the issue again. I had a laparoscopy. I was told I had a bicornuate uterus and not to worry about it. Take pain meds. My pain continued to worsen. I usually vomited my entire menstrual cycle due to the severe pain and would lose about 5 pounds in a week. In my mid 20's it became so bad I went to the er once. They gave me a pain shot and they sent me home, but the nurse told me I was actually in shock and this pain was not normal, to keep pursuing it. In my late 20's I finally got an on/gun that pursued the issue. He asked me to come to the er next time I had the pain and have him pages. He examined me and could feel how swollen the uterus and the pain when he pal patted the mass I almost passed out. After many tests (laparoscopy, dye test, and exploratory surgery), I had a bicornuate uterus. However he second uterus had no outlet. It was filling every month but had no exit , hence the pain and swelling of the horn. Additionally that horn had endometriosis surrounding it on the exterior. Double the pain. We scheduled to have it removed. Best decision ever. I did have Lupron treatments after to prevent reoccurrence of endometriosis. I regret that as I did end up developing estrogen positive breast cancer 2 years later. My doctor felt the risk was minimal (even though I had a family history). My main uterus was healthy. 7 years after breast cancer I had my daughter and 4 years later my sonny painful menstruation went away within a few months of surgery. I was thrilled to be able to take a few Advil for the minor cramps that most women feel. Keep going until you find someone willing to find out what is wrong and do not let the insurance companies or doctors make you live with chronic pain.View Thread

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Using a Holistic approach for endometriosis

I wanted to reach out to any women who have explored using a holistic approach for endometriosis and get...

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Dietary guidelines for endometriosis patients

For women in their 30-40 years old, these diseases are more likely to occur, among which endometriosis...

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For women in their 30-40 years old, these diseases are more likely to occur, among which endometriosis is a very common one. After the illness, a lot of women are unwilling to seek help in a hospital. Instead, they want to be healed through diet. So in this article, some dietary guidelines for endometriosis patients will be introduced.

In western medicine, endometriosis is caused by estrogen. So the treatment core is to lower estrogen levels. While in TCM , the heat and dampness in the lower energizer, slowdown and stagnation of blood flow and qi deficiency are the main causes of endometriosis.

1.Greasy food like red meat should be avoided because they are easy to stagnate. 2.As estrogen is a main reason for endometriosis, it is necessary to minimum exposure to xenoestrogen. So patients should eat fewer foods like dairy products, beef, and chicken. 3. Patients should eat more vegetables that are rich in vitamin and fiber. These foods can support hormonal balance and help clear extra estrogen from the body. 4. Patients should eat more iron-rich foods. For endometriosis patients, they sometimes experience heavy bleeding. At this time, women should notice replenishing blood. As iron is an important part of hemoglobin, timely supplement for the lost iron is important. 5. It is suitable for patients to eat dry fruits and nuts. These foods, including walnut, jujube and longan, can tonify qi and blood, beneficial to endometriosis patients. Attention: the diet is not a substitute for drugs Diet is generally used as an auxiliary therapy. Because of its limited effects, it is not able to replace drug therapy. So for endometriosis treatment, patients are often suggested taking a formula-complete medicine to reach the purpose of cure. Fuyan pill , a kind of TCM, is such an efficient medicine.View Thread

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The transitivity and recurrence makes endometriosi...

1.Endometriosis is a stubborn disease for its transitivity Generally speaking, symptoms of...

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Reply: Endometreosis on the bladder??

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Severe Endometritis can Cause Female Infertility

How to cure female infertility caused by severe endometritis ? There are several approaches to...

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The transitivity and recurrence makes endometriosi...

Generally speaking, symptoms of endometriosis are obvious. Once suffering from endometriosis, patients...

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Tips on Uterus Maintenance to Prevent Endometriosi...

Endometriosis comes from the word endometrium, which is the tissue that lines the inside of the...

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The chance of getting pregnant for endometriosis w...

Endometriosis refers to a common gynecological disorder that would lead to pelvic pain and...

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Endometriosis refers to a common gynecological disorder that would lead to pelvic pain and infertility.As this disease would do harm to women's reproductive organs, such as distorted anatomy in the pelvic cavity, a reduced quantity of functional ovarian tissue. That's why infertility also has close relation with endometriosis.

So what are the chances of getting pregnant for women who have endometriosis is concerned by many females. They are worrying they couldn't be a mother any more after infecting endometriosis.[br> [br>It is no doubt that chance of getting pregnant for women with endometriosis are decreased greatly. Females who have Stage I or II endometriosis the chance of having a baby is approximately 2% in any given menstrual cycle (cycle fecundity rate). Females with Stage III or IV endometriosis the chance would be lower than 1%. By comparison, age-dependent cycle fecundity rates in healthy fertile women range between 15 and 25%.[br> [br>If you just left it alone without any treatments for endometriosis , maybe you would never have a child.

Doing laparoscopic resection for endometriosis, cycle fecundity rate in Stage I-II disease would be 4-5% but only to 1-2% in Stage III-IV. Cycle fecundity rate would increase to 4-5% after medical treatment of Stage I-II endometriosis. From recent study that the natural conception rate was 41.9% during the first year after laparoscopic surgery for women who have endometriosis without considering other factors.

By present study, the natural conception rate of females who have endometriosis during one postoperative year that have been retrospectively studied and found that 41.9% of women successfully conceived without ART or hormone treatment.

Women who are older than 35 are recommended to do IVF, Women who are younger than 35, chance of getting pregnant through IVF is about 41 percent ; 31 percent for women 35 to 37; 22 percent for women 38 to 40; and 12 percent for women 41 to 42.

These ways are not always useful and sometimes they would be painful. Fortunately, there is a solution that is suitable for women of all childbearing age who want to have a baby. This is the herbal therapy, fuyan pill, which has shown great effects on eliminating endometriosis.View Thread

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How to protect uterus for women in different ages?

TCM, traditional Chinese medicine , believes that the kidney is the foundation of one's health. The...

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TCM, traditional Chinese medicine , believes that the kidney is the foundation of one's health. The prosperity and decline of human growth and reproductive function has a close relationship to a kind of material that can promote the growth and development of sexual gland, named as Tiangui. As young women have strong kidney and sufficient blood, Tiangui can bring unobstructed ren channel and stable vessels. Their reproductive organs are well protected and supplied with sufficient nutrient. On the contrary side, older women have weak liver and kidney with instable vessels and little nutrient. As a result, those older women are easily invaded by bacteria because of the decline of ovarian function and female hormone which can increase the PH value in local vagina and reduce their resistance ability.[br> [br>According to the analysis above, it's suggested to nurse the vulva routinely to avoid all kinds of infection and keep the perineum clean and dry for young women. For those women who have vaginal bleeding symptoms during period or after having gynecological surgeries, be sure to avoid sexual life and try to frequently change sanitary napkin, avoid swimming, bath, sauna, etc. Try your best to do birth control so as to minimize the physical damage caused by abortion. Try not to wear tight clothes and develop good habits of washing underwear by hands separately. For those women who have cervical inflammation and endometrial inflammation, light diet is also advised except for good rest.[br> [br>As for elder women, it's suggested to have good rest because of weak kidney. Besides, one can take some herbal medicine like Fuyan pill that can promote blood circulation and strengthen the kidney according to one's own physical condition, such as salvia miltiorrhiza, radix paeoniae alba, yam, cornus, prepared rhizome of rehmannia, sichuan, eucommia, dodder, angelica, panax notoginseng, etc.View Thread

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How to distinguish the endometriosis pelvic pain f...

Pelvic pain, a symptom that can be experienced by every woman, is also a symptom of endometriosis ....

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Endometriosis refers to the endometrium grows outside your uterus in which tissue that normally lines...

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Are You at High Risk of Infecting Endometriosis Af...

There are increasing women worrying if they are at high risk of infecting endometriosis after abortion?...

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There are increasing women worrying if they are at high risk of infecting endometriosis after abortion? To figure out the right answer for this question. First of all, you should have a clear understanding of abortion and endometriosis .

Endometriosis is usually a painful healthcare condition in which endometrial implants, comprised of tissue ordinarily discovered within the uterus, are present in other locations with the body. Endometritis is attributable to infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or mixtures of normal vaginal bacteria.[br>[br>An abortion is usually a health-related or surgical procedure to electively finish a pregnancy. Abortion is one of the most typical health-related procedures performed inside the United States of America every year. Greater than 40% of all women will finish a pregnancy by abortion at some time in their reproductive lives.

Abortion doesn't lead to endometriosis[br>The dispute, on the other hand, isn't whether elective abortion holds a threat of infection, but rather, to clarify that endometriosis will not be linked to abortion. Actually, it has been shown that:[br>[br>ladies with endometriosis had fewer prior pregnancies, elective abortions, and ectopic pregnancies when compared with girls looking for care for infertility, who did not have endometriosis. Along with a lowered threat of endometriosis in ladies who reported a history of induced abortion has been reported[br>So it is not difficult to conclude that abortion won't cause endometriosis directly. However, if you already have endometriosis, don't worry, if you seek for the suitable treatment, it won't bring serious problems for you.[br>[br>And for curing endometriosis, herbal therapy fuyan Pill from Wuhan Dr. Lee's TCM Clinic could eliminate all its symptoms gradually. It has the function of releasing pain. Discomfort is usually mildened with one week taking with fuyan Pill then dies when endometriosis dies. Fuyan Pill has the function of regulating menstruation. It can clear lumps, adhesion and make tubes unblocked. Herbal medicine named Fuyan Pill can treat endometriosis proficiently even though it may perform gradually compared with other possibilitiesView Thread

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If you have endometriosis, it may be more difficult for you to become pregnant. Up to 30% to 50% of...

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Reply: Is Endometriosis a possibility?

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