endometriosis
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- noun
- /ˌɛndəˌmɪtriˈoʊsɪs/
- Specialized
- Many women experience severe pain due to endometriosis, which can disrupt their daily lives.
- women with endometriosis
- diagnosis of endometriosis
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Watch on YouTubeSo things like fibroids, things like polyps or endometriosis, the sooner you can know those things, the better.
- So things like fibroids, things like polyps or endometriosis, the sooner you can know those things, the better.
- When we first started the EFA nine years ago, most people couldn't even say endometriosis, let alone know what it was.
- And also, you know, with menstrual cycle related conditions like PCOS and endometriosis, I suspect there's a really strong link there as well.
- I'm pretty much from what I've read and what I see, I think it's either I'm struggling with PCOS or endometriosis.
- So much like endometriosis, which is in a way fuelled by estrogen exposures, so is the development of fibroids.
- So certainly some people hate it, but some people love it for endometriosis.
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Occasionally, endometriosis can affect other parts of the body, such as the bowel or lungs.
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Consider endometriosis in any woman of child-bearing age reporting pain premenstrually, which subsides after the menstrual period finishes.
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So can you tell if it's if the endometriosis treatment has helped?
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I check in with Endometriosis UK quite a lot.
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I had to take it for endometriosis too, Virginia, in my youth.
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Medical therapy can be highly effective in symptom control in women with endometriosis.
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Endometriosis is a chronic condition that can affect women of all ages during their reproductive years.
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Women with endometriosis often complain of deep pain during intercourse because penetrative sex causes pressure against this area.
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Physical examination findings are typically unremarkable, so the diagnosis of endometriosis is frequently determined empirically on the basis of clinical history.
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In women with endometriosis, treatment such as surgical ablation or resection of endometriosis plus laparoscopic adhesiolysis can be an option.
Academic text (2015)
Surface Forms
Morphology
endometriosis = endometrium (semi-transparent) = endo + metri + osis
Formation is a regular disease-name derivation (endometrium + -osis), but the elements are specialized medical terms that many learners will not know.
Etymology
Endometriosis comes from three parts: endo- meaning 'inside', metri- meaning 'womb', and -osis meaning 'condition'. So, endometriosis describes a 'condition' where tissue like the 'womb' lining grows outside the womb, which is why it often causes pain and problems with having children.