Analysis of the characteristics of Endometriosis
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Objective: To analyze the characteristics of Endometriosis. Bibliographic review: Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent and benign inflammatory disease that affects 5 to 10% of women of reproductive age. Currently, 190 million women worldwide have endometriosis. Although endometriosis is a common and nonmalignant process, ectopic endometrial-like tissue in sites outside the uterus and resulting inflammation can cause dysmenorrhea, noncyclic pelvic pain, dyspareunia, menorrhagia, dysuria, dyschezia, chronic pain, and infertility. Final considerations: Endometriosis represents a worldwide health problem because it affects women of reproductive age with chronic pelvic pain, which is difficult to diagnose, which causes costs to the health system, loss of work and psychological problems largely associated with pain and infertility. Its treatment can be clinical or surgical and aims at relieving symptoms, in addition to being based on the desire or not to conceive. For the treatment of those who do not wish to become pregnant, the first-line choice is combined oral contraceptives. For those who wish to conceive and suffer from infertility, surgery seems to be a viable alternative.
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