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What is "Endometriosis" and what are the "Endometriosis Symptoms" ?
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Endometriosis (en-doe-me-tree-O-sis) is an often painful disorder in which tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus — the endometrium — grows outside your uterus. Endometriosis most commonly involves your ovaries, fallopian tubes and the tissue lining your pelvis. Rarely, endometrial tissue may spread beyond pelvic organs. With endometriosis, displaced endometrial tissue continues to act as it normally would — it thickens, breaks down and bleeds with each menstrual cycle. Because this displaced tissue has no way to exit your body, it becomes trapped. When endometriosis involves the ovaries, cysts called endometriomas may form. Surrounding tissue can become irritated, eventually developing scar tissue and adhesions — abnormal bands of fibrous tissue that can cause pelvic tissues and organs to stick to each other.
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This video explains endometriosis, a disorder in which tissue that normally lines the inside of the uterus grows outside it. It covers where the displaced tissue is commonly found, how it continues to thicken, break down and bleed with each menstrual cycle, and the cysts, scar tissue and adhesions that can form.
Key points
- Defines endometriosis as endometrial tissue growing outside the uterus
- Notes it most commonly involves the ovaries, fallopian tubes and tissue lining the pelvis, and rarely spreads beyond pelvic organs
- Explains displaced tissue thickens, breaks down and bleeds with each menstrual cycle but has no way to exit the body
- Covers cysts called endometriomas that may form when the ovaries are involved
- Covers irritation, scar tissue and adhesions that can cause pelvic tissues and organs to stick together
Video Overview
This video presents “What is "Endometriosis" and what are the "Endometriosis Symptoms" ?” — Endometriosis (en-doe-me-tree-O-sis) is an often painful disorder in which tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus — the endometrium — grows outside your uterus. Endometriosis most commonly involves your ovaries, fallopian. Whether you are preparing for a procedure, studying the technique, or learning how a condition is assessed, the recording shows the process as it is performed in practice.
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