The most common symptom reported by women with endometriosis is pain; pain during sex, menstruation, and which is sometimes chronic and unrelenting.
Approximately 20-25% of women are asymptomatic for endometriosis, which can make receiving a diagnosis difficult for some patients.
The Integrative Medicine Approach to Endometriosis
Endometriosis is a complex condition requiring a whole-body approach to decreasing pain, inflammation, and healing hormone imbalance. Diet and lifestyle interventions, as well as conventional medicine play a role in alleviating endometriosis symptoms.
What causes endometriosis?
While modern science hasn’t yet determined what causes endometriosis, there’s a link between toxic burden which affects inflammatory cytokine production, estrogen dominance, and even autoimmunity.
A leaky gut is also correlated with endometriosis, and researches have identified tissue-specific antibodies, which indicate that the immune system plays a role in endometriosis, as it does with autoimmune conditions and leaky gut.
Integrative Medicine Treatment for Endometriosis
- Anti-inflammatory diet and supplement recommendation
- Nutrition counseling
- Functional hormone testing
- Detoxification testing
- Autoimmune evaluation
Because the growth of endometrial tissue around the fallopian tubes, ovaries, or intestines can lead to a buildup of scar tissue and inflammation, surgery is sometimes recommended to remove scar tissue causing pain in the abdomen.
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