Resumen
Objetivo: Analizar las características de la Endometriosis. Revisión bibliográfica: La endometriosis es una enfermedad inflamatoria benigna dependiente de estrógenos que afecta del 5 al 10% de las mujeres en edad reproductiva. Actualmente, 190 millones de mujeres en todo el mundo tienen endometriosis. Aunque la endometriosis es un proceso común y no maligno, el tejido similar al endometrio ectópico en sitios fuera del útero y la inflamación resultante pueden causar dismenorrea, dolor pélvico no cíclico, dispareunia, menorragia, disuria, disquecia, dolor crónico e infertilidad. Consideraciones finales: La endometriosis representa un problema de salud a nivel mundial porque afecta a mujeres en edad reproductiva con dolor pélvico crónico, de difícil diagnóstico, lo que genera costos al sistema de salud, pérdida de trabajo y problemas psicológicos asociados en gran parte al dolor y la infertilidad. Su tratamiento puede ser clínico o quirúrgico y tiene como objetivo el alivio de los síntomas, además de basarse en el deseo o no de concebir. Para el tratamiento de aquellas que no desean quedar embarazadas, la elección de primera línea son los anticonceptivos orales combinados. Para quienes desean concebir y sufren de infertilidad, la cirugía parece ser una alternativa viable.
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