### medical science | pathology:

Endometriosis
* Help Information about symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
* See section on uterus.
* affects each woman differently
  - many women regardless of race or economic status
* appears to be an estrogen dependent condition
  - start as small areas of abnormally situated endometrial lining cells
* becomes inactive during menopause.
* benign condition but one that can cause a lot of problems.
* can affect different organs.
* can also cause infertility
  - pain during sexual activity
  - occur in almost any organ of the body including the heart and lungs
  - appear as spots or patches called implants, or as cysts on the ovary
* can be a couse of adhesions in the abdominal cavity, fallopian tubes, or the uterus
  - difficult to deal with
  - especially painful during a woman's period
  - extremely painful and in some cases, can cause infertility
  - horribly painful, but osteoporosis and heart disease can be deadly
  - mild to severe with symptoms that relate to affected pelvic organs
  - mild, moderate or severe and tends to get worse over time without treatment
  - very painful
* can cause adhesions and impair ovulation
  - fertility problems
  - infertility, as well as ovarian cysts and uterine fibroids
  - miscarriages or infertility
  - pain during intercourse, a condition called dyspareunia
  - pelvic pain
  - rectal pain and bleeding, and premenstrual back pain as well
  - scar tissue or adhesion formation
  - even lead to infertility
  - form benign cysts on the ovaries called endometriomas
  - grow with hormonal stimulation and cause pain, inflammation, and scar tissue
* can have a negative effect on a woman s ability to conceive a child
  - many appearances, from very obvious to extremely subtle
  - involve the uterus and it can involve the areas around the uterus
* can occur at any time from the onset of menstrual periods until the menopause
  - anytime between the onset of puberty and the conclusion of menopause
  - only occur after menstruation begins in a woman
  - present in almost any color, shape, size and location
  - prevent pregnancy even if the scarring is minor
* causes both pain and infertility
  - infertility in a number of ways
  - pain in some women and can also cause infertility
  - unusually long bleeding periods
* chronic condition that has reproductive and health consequences
  - occurs in women during their reproductive years
* chronic, recurring disease, often associated with infertility.
* comes in different stages.
* common cause of abnormal bleeding and secondary dysmenorrhea
  - female infertility
  - problem among women during their reproductive years
* common, yet poorly understood disease.
* condition that causes male infertility
  - often passes from mother to daughter
* develops spontaneously in over half of female baboons.
* difficult condition to deal with alone.
* disease of unknown cause that primarily affects women of reproductive age
  - that afflicts girls and women during their reproductive years
* disease which can certainly be overcome with treatment
  - is chronic and painful
* exists when uterine tissue grows abnormally within the abdominal cavity.
* genetic condition.
* gynecological disease affecting women in their reproductive years.
* has a higher incidence among Caucasians than among people of African descent
  - many visual appearances
* involves the presence of tissue similar to the uterine lining in abnormal locations.
* irritates surrounding tissue and can produce web-like scar tissue known as adhesions.
* is also a leading cause of infertility in women
  - responsibly for most cases of infertility
* is an abnormal growth of uterine tissue outside the uterus
  - estrogen-dependent disease
  - immunological and hormonal disease with no known cure
  - organ dependent-disease
* is another benign condition that affects the uterus
  - clearly an estrogen-dependent disease
* is considered a chronic condition in mainstream medicine
  - one of the three major causes of female infertility
  - cured by menopause
  - extremely rare prior to puberty and after the menopause
  - found most commonly in women who have never borne children
  - highly unpredictable
  - known to be a hormone-dependent disease
  - often the cause
  - one of the leading causes of infertility among women
* is one of the most common reasons for pelvic pain and infertility
  - reproductive tract disorders for women of childbearing age
  - such disease in which TIMP expression is reduced
  - responsible for a substantial proportion of cases
  - seen mostly in women in their thirties and forties
  - small deposits of the womb lining that are located outside of the womb cavity
  - stimulated by excess estrogen production, but the exact cause is unknown
* is the excess of tissue around the body organs
  - growth of endometrial tissue outside of the uterus
* is the leading cause of female infertility
  - infertility in women of child bearing age
* is the most common cause of very painful menstrual periods
  - reason for secondary dysmenorrhea
  - only disease which is treated surgically by removing something else
  - presence of endometrial tissue in locations outside the uterine cavity
  - traumatic to the surrounding tissue
* is very common
  - difficult to diagnose because of the vagueness of early symptoms
* long-standing disease that often develops slowly.
* major cause of fertility problems in women
  - women's health-care problem
* menstrual related disease that is the leading cause of infertility.
* mostly hidden disease that has doctors foxed.
* occurs in a small percentage of teen-age girls and is much more common in adult women.
* occurs when misplaced endometrial cells occur outside the uterus
  - the tissues that normally line the uterus, grow elsewhere in the body
  - tissue normally found in the womb lining is found outside the womb
* progressive disorder.
* puzzling disease affecting an estimated five million women in the United States
  - that affects women in their reproductive years
* sometimes bizarre disorder
  - runs in families
* spontaneously subsides after the menopause as the ovaries become less active.
* starts with cells that are wandering in the wrong direction
  - pelvic pain in most patients
* strikes many women Endometriosis strikes many women.
* synthesizes and secretes a haptoglobin-like protein.
* tends to come back, even with treatment ,making it a difficult disease to manage
  - get better during pregnancy
  - run in families
* terrible disease for many reasons.
* transcends all racial, socioeconomic and geographic barriers.
* troubling disease that affects millions of women worldwide.
* typically affects the reproductive organs and can lead to infertility.
* usually causes pain in the pelvis frequently aggravated by intercourse
* very scary disease.