In many cases endometriosis has a cure, because a woman can, through the use of menstruating or surgery suppressing drugs, completely reduce symptoms and even become pregnant. However, it is not yet possible to completely prevent endometrial tissue from re-growing outside the uterus and, therefore, the disease may reappear shortly thereafter.
To choose the best type of treatment, the doctor evaluates several factors such as:
- Age of woman;
- Intensity of symptoms;
- Willingness to have children.
Sometimes the doctor can start a treatment and then switch to another, according to the response of the woman's body. For this reason, it is very important to have regular consultations to ensure the best results. Learn more about all treatment options for endometriosis.
Generally, in the menopause, the progression of the endometriosis diminishes, since there is diminution of the feminine hormones and consequent shortage of the menstruation. This factor associated with a correct approach to the disease may represent the cure of endometriosis for many women.
Treatment Options for Endometriosis
Treatment options usually vary more according to the desire to have children, and can be divided into 2 main types:
1. Young women who wish to have children
In these cases, treatment usually includes the use of:
- Oral contraceptives;
- Hormonal drugs such as Zoladex;
- IUD Mirena;
- Surgery to remove endometriosis foci.
Endometriosis surgery is performed by videolaparoscopy that can remove tissue without the need to remove the involved organs and / or cauterize the small foci of endometriosis.
As for the hormonal medicines, when the woman wishes to become pregnant, she can stop taking them, and then start the attempts. Although these women are at greater risk of miscarriage, their chances of getting pregnant become similar to that of a healthy woman. See how you can get pregnant with endometriosis.
2. Women who do not wish to have children
In the case of women who do not intend to conceive the treatment of choice usually is surgery for removal of all endometrial tissue and the affected organs. In some cases after remission of the disease, over the years the endometriosis can return and reach other organs, and it is necessary to restart the treatment. See how surgery for endometriosis is done.
