Teenage Symptoms may serve as indication of Endometriosis Severity in adults.

admin | June 12, 2011

A study undertaken over several years has indicated that the most extensive form of Endometriosis may be predicted by the severity of menstrual periods in teenage girls.

Tomatoes help Endometriosis?

admin | 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 [...]

What is Endometriosis?

admin | July 26, 2002

Endometriosis is when the endometrium, tissue that lines the inside of the uterus, is found outside of the uterus in other ares of the body, except the spleen. The growths respond to normal hormonal surges, to grow or shed, but the blood generated has nowhere to go, so causes pain, inflamtion, and adhesions. Endometriosis tissue [...]

FDA Approves Anti-adhesion substance

admin | March 7, 2002

The information in this article is from the Endometriosis Association Newsletter Vol. 23, No.1, 2002. The FDA has approved the use of Gynecare Inergel Solution, a gel that is poured into the abdomnial cavity after surgery to separate organs and tissues as they heal, during laparotomies. This gel, which hopefully prevents adhesions, has been in [...]