Patient's question:
I have been experiencing lower abdominal pain and lower back pain recently, and my vaginal discharge is also a bit abnormal. There is also blood during intercourse. What should I do if the doctor diagnoses endometriosis?Doctor's answer:
Endometriosis has two Western medical treatment methods: surgery and medication. The first is drug treatment, primarily oral hormones, known as pseudopregnancy and pseudomenopause therapy, which artificially induces menopause and menarche. This can lead to many side effects, including damage to liver and kidney function. Additionally, once the medication is stopped, the recurrence rate is very high, and there is also a rebound effect. This rebound effect refers to a worsening of symptoms after stopping the medication. For example, with menstrual pain, it may become more severe after discontinuing the drug, and ovarian cysts may grow faster than before taking the medication.