Endometriosis, Mental Health and Quality of Life
Endometriosis is associated with a number of symptoms, such as infertility, painful sexual intercourse and chronic pelvic pain. Their impact on the mental health and social life of women with endometriosis is often significant (1,2). This is understandable if one considers the negative effect of chronic pain in the social and professional life of patients […]
The role of hormones and inflammation in Endometriosis
Endometriosis is a ‘’hormone-sensitive’’ disease. The disease is ‘’dependent’’ on oestrogens, as we observe raised levels of oestrogens as well as changes in the oestrogen receptors of women with endometriosis1. We also observe ‘’progesterone resistance’’ as a result of dysfunction of its receptors2. Apart from the dependence on oestrogens and the progesterone resistance, patients with […]
Pregnancy in women with Endometriosis
We have seen that endometriosis is associated with infertility. What is more, we know that the symptoms of the disease, typically, improve during pregnancy. Is the disease, however, associated with direct effects on the pregnancy itself? Unfortunately, in the literature, there is a paucity of high-quality data answering this topic clearly. Τhere have been rare […]
Why does endometriosis cause pain?
Endometriosis is typically associated with pelvic pain (in the region below the belly button). To further examine this, we need to remember the 3 types of the disease. In ovarian endometriomas, pain is encountered in 80% of cases1, whilst most women with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) present with severe pain1. However, in superficial peritoneal lesions […]
Endometriosis: The real problem in numbers
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Endometriosis and ovarian cancer
Endometriosis is a benign disease, however, does its presence increase the risk of ovarian cancer? Or, to ask differently, do ovarian cancers in women with endometriosis arise from the malignant transformation of endometriosis foci or not? A large number of studies has been published on this topic. One of the most interesting has been published […]