Endometrium (the inner layer of the uterus) should not normally be outside of it, but as a result of surgical interventions on the uterus, scraping the uterine cavity, abortion or caesarean section can be recorded not only in the deeper muscular layer of the uterus, but also in the uterine tubes, cervix , on the ovaries or in other organs. The disease is called endometriosis, the main symptoms of which will be masching brown discharge before or after menstruation, pain during menstruation or at any time in the abdomen, uterine bleeding, infertility. The disease has a chronic course, and patients often have a question - is endometriosis treated?
Is it possible to cure endometriosis?
Treatment of the disease is long enough, and it is often important for women to not only alleviate the symptoms of the disease. If the question is whether the endometriosis of the uterus can be cured, then a course of hormone therapy is used for treatment: oral contraceptives, antagonists of gonadotropin-releasing hormones (eg Buserelin or Gozerelin-they block hormones that stimulate the ovaries), progesterone and its synthetic analogues, and drugs that block the production of follicle-stimulating hormone (Danazol). Before the desired pregnancy, surgical methods can be recommended, they are unlikely to cure endometriosis, but this method promptly removes endometriotic growths that prevent pregnancy.
Can I completely cure endometriosis?
The disease must be treated for a long time, for example, hormone therapy with progesterone drugs will last 6-12 months. Although the disease itself will disappear after the onset of menopause. In recent years in the treatment of endometriosis, the use of the intrauterine spiral Mirena is gaining popularity, which doses every day a certain amount of the synthetic analogue of progesterone. It works for 5 years and, if necessary, it is replaced after this period. It is hardly possible to cure endometriosis forever, but with the help of this spiral it is often possible to achieve reverse development of the disease.