Endometriosis : Managing Stress

| May 15, 2009

What can I do to prevent endometriosis? Although endometriosis is rarely life-threatening, it affects life on two very critical levels—well-being and fertility. Women are often surprised by the differences they can make in ending the misery of endometriosis.

Taking charge of the disease involves change. There is no getting away from it. it requires a real willingness to invest in yourself and alter some daily routines and ways of thinking about the disease, as follows.

Tomatoes help Endometriosis?

| February 18, 2009

As promised, more on alternative treatments for Endometriosis sufferers. As readers of this site know, Endometriosis causes Pain due to the tissues that would normally be found in the womb being found elsewhere in the body, various complications surround this, such as adhesions due to the body reacting to the tissues presence etc.. However a [...]

Alternative treatments

| February 18, 2009

Starting a new series of articles – we are going to look at some alternative therapies that may help endometriosis sufferers. Whilst these are largely conjecture – we hope to help inform people and give reasons for these therapies working and back it up with any study data we can locate.   This is to [...]

What causes Endometriosis? Where we are in 2008.

| November 2, 2008

As research into Endometriosis is gathering pace, it’s maybe worth having a look at some of the suggested reasons for endometriosis.  At the moment there is still no definitive answer, indeed there may be more than one cause – or a combination of causes. One of the most promising theories is genetic. There is extensive [...]

New drug is approved for endometriosis pain..

| September 27, 2008

This relates to our U.S. readers only at present as far as we are aware – if anyone has other info let us know. First new treatment to be approved for Endometriosis in 15 years.   Depo subQ provera 104 (yes it’s a mouthful – a form of Depo Provera) has been approved for treatment [...]

Radical Hysterectomy for cancer more complicated with Endometriosis

| September 16, 2008

Just spotted this little snippet on the bbc:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7612083.stm With Jade Goody set to undergo a hysterectomy after being diagnosed with cervical cancer. Earlier this month there have been a few articles about the treatment of cervical cancer and hysterectomy’s, in this BBC article a mention is made to Endometriosis, which apparently makes such surgery more [...]

Doctors Try New Approach To Treating Endometriosis

| September 16, 2008

From http://wjz.com/local/doctors.endometriosis.treatment.2.815382.html  This article talks about a new approach being tried to treat the pain of Endometriosis, by combining aromatase inhibitors with the drug Lupron.  This appears to be successful for some women – though of course the side effects and as documented on this site – sometimes the permanent long-lasting side-effects. The strongest pain medications like [...]

Neurocrine reports positive results in latest Endometriosis Drug Trials

| September 6, 2008

Neurocrine studied 252 patients, with a confirmed diagnosis of endometriosis. The company split the group into 3 sets for treatment over 6 months. elagolix 150mg once daily  (new drug) elagolix 75mg twice daily  (new drug) depo provera 104 (DMPA)  (common treatment) Elagolix showed an improvement of endometriosis symptoms following treatment. An Improvement in endometriosis symptoms [...]

Some online resources about endometriosis.

| August 25, 2008

I stumbled across the following page today: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/endometriosis/htm/index.htm It’s quite intresting actually, the information is not all encompassing, but it is good and might be something for partners and family to look at – and even some GP’s and Family Doctors! Basically there are several ways to view the information – the text view just [...]

Points That Should Be Known About Lupron (Prostap)

| August 10, 2008

It has come to my attention that many people are being told that as long as they take HRT they can have Lupron as many times as they wish. This isn’t exactly true. While it is not illegal for doctor’s to prescribe Lupron (Prostap), it is stated in the leaflet insert that is in the [...]