Patient's question:
I got married last year. Recently, I've been experiencing lower abdominal pain, especially during my period. I'm very worried about it affecting my fertility, and I'm also extremely sensitive to cold and coldness. How should endometriosis be treated effectively?Doctor's answer:
Endometriosis has two Western medical treatment methods: surgery and medication.1. Medication: The primary approach is oral hormone therapy, which includes pseudopregnancy and pseudomenopause therapy. This involves artificially inducing amenorrhea and menopause, which 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 a rebound effect. For example, with menstrual pain, it may become more severe after stopping the medication. Moreover, ovarian cysts may grow faster than before treatment.
2. Surgery: Surgical treatment includes radical treatment, partial remission treatment, and complete remission treatment. Radical treatment preserves fertility by only removing the lesions and nodules of endometriosis, restoring normal anatomical and physiological functions to enable the patient to conceive. Partial remission surgery involves removing the...