As pelvic pain specialists, we can only use what our patients tell us. As much as we try to make a scale for pain, it’s hard to know a person’s perception of pain. Some people may have many symptoms affecting a wide range of organs, and some can have very mild symptoms affecting minimal systems. I get told quite often: “…but my period doesn’t hurt that bad” or “…it only hurts real bad for 2 days” or “…my stomach hurts all month, not just with my period- so it can’t be endometriosis.”Įndometriosis affects people differently. The answer to this is not so straightforward and can be confusing for some. This post goes into how endometriosis may affect the bowels, bladder, sex, digestion, respiratory and even mental health. Sometimes a new patient will tell me on their first visit that “I used to have endometriosis but now I don’t.” That’s similar to a diabetic patient on medication saying “I used to have diabetes.” Unfortunately- endometriosis is a total body disease that can affect many systems that is a lifelong disease.įor more specific signs and symptoms of endometriosis read the 20 most common symptoms of endometriosis. But endometriosis can also be on the bladder, making this a very important point that without proper surgical removal of endometriosis- the symptoms may persist and are often confused for other diagnosis’s. An indirect correlation.Īnother example- Endometriosis can cause you to clench your pelvic floor, which then causes urinary frequency, urgency, and incomplete urination/voiding. For instance, endometriosis does not directly cause a labral tear in the hip- but endometriosis can cause you to walk improperly because of the pain in the abdomen- thus causing you to tear your labrum in your hip. The impact of the endometriosis can cause long term effects on your musculoskeletal systems from the chronic compensatory changes from being in pain for so long. If you understand this, then you know that, even after endometriosis excision surgery to remove endometriosis, you can still have endometriosis regrow and many times small, microscopic pieces of endometriosis can remain affecting your entire body. No birth control, or any other medication, physical therapy or conservative treatment like a heating pad, diet or acupuncture can remove endometriosis.So one more time- Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease in which tissue, (similar to the lining of the uterus), grows outside of the uterus.īecause of this, we know endometriosis is there all month long, all year long and does not come out unless someone takes it out surgically. But if you don’t read the entire definition properly, you may miss the fact that endometriosis is everywhere BUT the uterus. The reason this may be confusing is because the word uterus is often in the definition. One of the biggest misconceptions about endometriosis is that it is a gynecologic disease. Glossary of Pelvic Pain & Rehabilitation Terms.Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy For Chronic Pain.Ultrasound Guided Pelvic Nerve and Muscle Treatments. Pain with Bowel Movement: Causes, Risks, and Treatment.
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