An Alternative Approach to Endometriosis

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a more natural approach as not to worsen any damage already being done by this disease.

Endometriosis has a plethora of symptoms ranging from IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) and infertility, painful intercourse and urination, and unfortunately sever or even fatal organ injury. Enough can be deduced by the name alone. Endometriosis: an abnormality in the lining of the uterus (endometrial tissue). This blood rich tissue lines the uterus for 25-28 days to prepare for the fertilization of an egg. In the case of someone with this particular condition, this tissue can not only form inside the uterus, but outside and on neighboring organs causing pain or dysfunction. Diagnosing this problem is not as simple as it seems, though the determination can be made (though not with certainty) by an ultrasound as some of the adhesions or cyst can be extreme enough or thick enough to produce an image. However, the most definitive diagnosis would be a laparoscopic surgery so that a doctor may ...

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where there were adhesions prior to pregnancy they can be monitored through regular ultrasounds at prenatal appointments. When the baby is finally born, any scarred or damaged tissue will be expelled with the placenta and biologically the uterus has gone through a very intense detoxification. Statistically this has about a 50% success rate. Some women are truly lucky and after having a child their body simply restarts and they never have another problem with pelvic pain or abnormal periods. In other women it may be a temporary lapse in pain after childbirth. Then there are a few where pregnancy had absolutely no effect on the disease or symptoms whatsoever.

In those cases where the ...

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