The most common sites of endometriosis

In daily life, many female friends suffer from gynecological diseases. Some gynecological diseases are very harmful to physical and mental health. For example, endometriosis is a disease that causes great harm to patients. Female friends must pay great attention to this disease. However, many female friends may not know much about endometriosis. Let's take a look at what endometriosis is.

1. What is endometriosis?

Endometriosis refers to the growth and development of the uterine wall, which appears in other parts of the body instead of the uterus. Endometriosis is called "adenomyosis" in the uterus and ovaries, and is called "uterine and ovarian chocolate cysts". The disease is histologically benign, but it has the behavior of spreading, implanting, attacking or migrating. The size of the lesions can vary greatly, and the clinical presentation is often inconsistent with the severity of the lesion.

The prevalence of endometriosis among pregnant women is about 10%, with a significant increasing trend, becoming a "modern disease". 80% of patients have significant dysmenorrhea and 50% suffer from infertility, which seriously affects the physical and mental health and quality of life of young women.

2. Common Location of Uterine Endometriosis Disease

Endometriosis is mainly located in the uterus, ovaries, sacrosacral tendons, posterior pleural thickening and duodenal indentations, retroperitoneum of the sigmoid colon, and intravaginal duodenum. Among them, invasion of the uterus and ovaries is common, accounting for about 80%. It can also be seen in cervical, perineal or abdominal wounds. The umbilicus, lungs, and limbs are common, but very rare. In fact, except for the liver, it can exist in every part of the human body. 3. How to treat endometriosis?

There are five "best ways" to treat endometriosis: laparoscopy is the best surgical treatment, ovarian suppression is the best drug treatment, surgery, drug treatment and then laparoscopy three-step (three-step) treatment is the best coordinated treatment, and pregnancy and assisted reproductive treatment technology are the best hope.

What kind of endometriosis is it? From the above article, we already have an understanding of this issue. This is a gynecological disease that causes very serious harm to the human body. It can be treated surgically, and laparoscopy is the best treatment method. However, this is a disease that cannot be cured by surgery alone, and it must be combined with drug treatment.