Painful periods? Do you feel lower abdominal pain during
intercourse? Do you tend to experience convulsions in sports training or
urinating? Just the belly hurts all the time? Perhaps these are completely
unrelated things, but it could be endometriosis just as well. What is
this disease and when a woman should start to worry about it, we asked gynaecologist
Vija Plūme.<h2>What is endometriosis?</h2>Endometriosis can affect any woman of
childbearing age. It occurs when the uterine inner layer - endometrial-like
tissue begins to form in the uterine muscle (then called adenomyosis) or
outside the uterus. For various reasons, endometriosis foci can enter the
abdominal cavity, initially precipitating in the form of tiny foci, but over
time, cysts (endometriosis cysts, chocolate cysts) or hard,
scar tissue-like tissues that stick together the surrounding tissues and organs
(adhesions). In these endometriosis foci, the endometrial-like tissues
also menstruate (degrade), while the body tries to delimit the process with
surrounding tissues, asserting its foci. This results in the formation of
endometriosis cysts ("chocolate" cysts) or adhesions filled with old
lysed blood. Often endometriosis foci causes abdominal pain.
Endometriosis foci may occur in the peritoneum, other small pelvic organs
(ovaries, bladder, intestine), seldom - outside the abdominal cavity (lungs,
kidneys or other organs).<h2>Pelvic abdominal pain,
ovarian or retrocervical endometriosis? </h2>Endometriosis of the pelvic peritoneum,
endometriosis of the ovary and retrocervical endometriosis - the three most
common localizations of endometriosis.<ul>
 <li>Pelvic abdominal endometriosis is the most common. During menstruation,
 the tissues of the uterine mucosa should be removed naturally from the
 woman's body, but a small part of the menstrual blood that remains in the
 body may not be absorbed, but attaches to the abdominal cavity and over
 time becomes adhesions. This leads to great pain during menstruation.</li>
<li>Ovarian endometriosis can begin to develop already at
embryonic stage, when the future girl begins to develop female genitals.
Likewise, it can appear during a lifetime. Over time, the ovarian surface cells
are transformed and become similar to the cells of the uterine mucosa, only
they have no place to release, so they penetrate into the ovarian tissue and
eventually develop an endometriosis cyst. It is also called a chocolate cyst
because its content looks similar to hot chocolate. This type is also
characterized by very severe pain, especially before and during menstruation
and during sexual intercourse.</li><li>Retrocervical endometriosis occurs when the uterine mucosa
cells are located between the uterus and the rectum. The most pronounced
symptoms are poor stools before the menstrual period - diarrhoea or
constipation.</li></ul>A lot of women of childbearing age may be ill
with endometriosis and are unaware of it, but if you experience any of these
symptoms - severe pelvic pain, real menstrual pain, abdominal cramps, irregular
bleeding, pain during or after sexual intercourse, stomach and abdomen exit
problems, urination disorders - go to the gynaecologist and do the necessary
examinations. Discomfort and somewhat painful menstruation is one thing, but
endometriosis that is not prevented in time, can also lead to infertility.



















So apply for a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.vijaplume.lv/">gynaecologist</a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.vijaplume.lv/"> </a>and make sure you are healthy.

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