The Endo Girls Blog – Kate and Laura
Step One: Try Googling something like:“Best Endometriosis surgeon in the United States” (insert your country, state, city – wherever is accessible.) There are some “lists” online, but there is no such thing as a formally…
The mouse models used in much of the Endometriosis research are incredibly flawed. For example, here are two methods that have been done to study Endometriosis in mice. You’ll notice that this isn’t real Endometriosis…
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More often than not it is persistence (it persists because it was not completely cut out) This happens because it was inadequately treated – either ablated (typically burnt) or not completely excised (tissue around the lesion was left behind, it wasn’t cut out deep enough, etc.) …
When we talk about Endometriosis not showing up on imaging, we don’t always clarify that we are referring to Endometriosis lesions, and someone inevitably says their Endometriosis was seen on an MRI or Ultrasound. Then…
“Though classically viewed as a ‘disease of menstruation,’ a uterus and routine menses are not de rigueur to diagnosis.“– Guidone H.C. (2020) The Womb Wanders Not: Enhancing Endometriosis Education in a Culture of Menstrual Misinformation.…
These hormonal therapies do not treat Endometriosis, but can assist in treating Endometriosis related pain. Combined Oral Contraceptives: Pills: Ortho Tri-Cyclen – Ethinyl Estradiol and norgestimate Yaz and Yasmin – Ethinyl Estradiol and Drospirenone Loestrin…
Please refer back to my previous post about Endometriosis and Estrogen for more details on that topic. Endometriosis is so different from the uterine lining, that it doesn’t always correspond to the usual hormonal changes…
A definitive diagnosis of Endometriosis cannot be made by imaging (i.e., MRI, Ultrasound, CT scan) or by clinical features (ie, symptoms or response to a medication). Endometriosis CAN be suspected by imaging and clinical features,…
Hormone suppression (combined pill, progestin-only pill, IUD, etc) can absolutely help the pain associated with Endometriosis in some individuals. This is not to be confused with the suppression of the actual disease. Estrogen is produced…