How Prevent Endometriosis
Posted by Dennis Morris in Gynecological Problems
When choosing a method of endometriosis treating a the doctor should be guided by indicators such as age of the patient, the number of pregnancies and births,prevalence of the process, its location,severity of the disease, presence of pathologies, the necessity of pregnancy. Methods of endometriosis treatment can be divided into medications, surgical and combined. Treatment of endometriosis is aimed not on removal of active manifestations of the disease, but its effects, such adhesive and cystic formations, neuropsychiatric manifestations.
Indications for a conservative treatment of endometriosis are asymptomatic period, the young age of the patient, premenopausa, the necessity to preserve or restore fertility. In addition to hormonal therapy in the treatment of endometriosis symptoms are used immunostimulants, symptomatic therapy: antispasmodics, analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs.
Sparing surgery with removal of heterotopias is shown in the moderate and severe stages of the endometriosis flow. Treatment is aimed on removal of endometriosis in different organs, endometrioid cyst, dissection of adhesions. Conducted while the absence of the expected effect of the medication, contraindications or intolerance to medications, the presence of lesions with a diameter of more than 3 cm, disruption of the bowel, bladder, ureters, and kidneys. In practice it is often combined with drug treatment of endometriosis.
Radical surgical treatment of endometriosis, such as removal of uterus and ovaries can be met of patients aged over 40 years with active disease progression and while inefficiency of conservative and surgical interventions. Unfortunately, drastic measures are required for 12% of the patients while the treatment of endometriosis. Endometriosis tends to recur processes, in some cases forcing the resort to repeated surgery. Relapses of endometriosis occurs in 15-40% of patients, depending on the distribution process in the body, its severity, localization of the first operation.
Endometriosis is a terrible disease for the female body, and its detection only in the early period and with persistent treatment leads to complete freedom from disease.The main measures aimed at prevention of endometriosis are specific examination of teenage girls and women with complaints of painful menstruation in order to exclude endometriosis, observation of patients who had abortion and other surgical procedures on the uterus to remove the possible consequence, timely and complete healing of acute and chronic diseases of genitals, taking oral hormonal contraceptives.
Signs of endometriosis, as well as many other gynecologic disorders, applies a strict rule: the best treatment of the disease – is active prevention. Attention to health, regular medical examinations, timely treatment of gynecological pathology can catch endometriosis in a very early stage or even prevent its occurrence.
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