About endometriosis?!


Question: if i had my uterus removed because of endometriosis can i get it back on my ovaries it's been 8 years and i'm having the same symptoms again!


Answers: if i had my uterus removed because of endometriosis can i get it back on my ovaries it's been 8 years and i'm having the same symptoms again!

It is a known fact that a hysterectomy will not always get all of the endo tissue and what is left behind will continue to grow. It is also a well known fact that endometriosis tissue can spread to the bladder, pelvic area, brain (rare) and other organs in the body including the colon.

Removal of the uterus does not make endometriosis go away, but will cure uterine symptoms such as cramps and heavy bleeding. During a hysterectomy, most surgeons will leave endometriosis in place, believing that by removing something else it will go away. (I know, it sound ridiculous, but this is what doctors are taught).

It is possible that before your hysterectomy you had problems both due to endometriosis as well as from the uterus. If so, you may be now left with the endometriosis part of your problem. Endometriosis require surgical removal for the best treatment.

The ovaries will continue to function even though the uterus is gone, so they will still ovulate as well as produce eggs and estrogen, at least until Mother Nature makes them go to sleep in the mid-late forties in most women. Each month before ovulation, a cyst forms, and after ovulation, that cyst turns into another type of cyst which will eventually go away (usually but not always). Even though these cysts are "normal", they can cause pain if they are large enough or if they have a little bleeding associated with them.

You can find more info at the following links:

http://www.endometriosiszone.org/display...
http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Happens-T...
http://www.endo-resolved.com/hysterectom...

Other than that I would recommend that you go see your gyno and let them know that you are having the same symptoms again.

Good luck :)

Endometriosis can definitely remain present after a full or partial hysterectomy. Time to go back to the doctor. Generally endometriosis is most painful when the excess growth occurs behind the uterus or in places outside the uterus. Until ALL abnormal tissue is removed, endometriosis and its symptoms may return.

Removal of the uterus is not a treatment for Endometriosis, it merely stops periods. Some believe (mistakenly) that if a woman or girl stops her periods, it equals stoppage of symptoms. That's simply untrue. Unless completely removed, the disease can thrive all on it's own and continue to cause pain and other symptoms associated with it. Time to see a new doc, preferably one who specializes in the disease. Here are a few links:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erc
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/End...
http://www.endometriosissurgeon.com
http://www.centerforendo.com
http://www.endoexcision.com

Good luck and feel better; know you are not alone.





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