How to treat endometriosis

The uterus is the place where women give birth to newborns, but it should be noted that the uterus is also a site where diseases are highly prevalent. Women should pay attention to protecting their uterus in their daily lives, have regular uterine examinations, and keep the uterus in the healthiest state. Endometriosis is a very common disease among women, which can cause certain harm to women. Let's take a look at how to treat endometriosis.

There are many causes of endometriosis. Abnormalities in the body's immune function, genetic factors, and the environment can cause certain damage to the uterus. When treating it, we need to identify the cause and provide targeted treatment.

How to treat endometriosis? Use drugs to counteract or inhibit the cyclical endocrine stimulation of the ovaries. Initially, testosterone-type male hormones were used, but they had serious side effects and were not strong enough, so they were gradually abandoned. Later, it gradually developed into pseudo-pregnancy therapy and pseudo-menopause therapy. (1) Pseudo-pregnancy therapy is the use of powerful progestin contraceptive drugs, which are taken continuously for a long time in larger doses to stop menstruation. The endometrium and ectopic endometrium undergo a pregnancy-like reaction under the action of the drugs, so it is also called pseudo-pregnancy therapy. There are many drugs used for this treatment and they are still being developed. This treatment must be continued for at least six months before the ectopic endometrium can stop moving and eventually shrink, thus producing therapeutic effects.

2. Surgical treatment: It is generally believed that chocolate cysts occurring on the ovaries are often larger in size, or endometriotic nodules occurring in other parts of the body with a diameter of more than 2 cm are difficult to control with drugs and require surgical treatment; or if the condition does not improve after six months or even a year of drug treatment, surgical resection should also be considered. If the patient is young and has no children, surgery usually only removes the endometriosis, while preserving the uterus and normal ovarian tissue. It's called conservative surgery. This surgery preserves the possibility of fertility, but the chance of recurrence is greater. If the patient already has children and is older (35), the uterus can be removed at the same time as the endometriosis lesions are removed, while preserving the normal ovarian tissue. In the long run, this method is better than conservative surgery, but it cannot absolutely prevent recurrence. If the patient is near menopause, or the endometriosis is too extensive to be completely eradicated, the uterus and ovaries should be removed during surgery.

The above content is an introduction to how to treat endometriosis. I hope it can be of some help to you. There are many manifestations of endometriosis, and patients may experience dysmenorrhea. When menstrual abnormalities and infertility occur, we need to go to the hospital in time, do a good job of examination and treatment, and give ourselves a healthy body.