Patient's question:
Over the past two years, every month when I have my period, my stomach has been extremely painful, to the point where I can't even eat. Besides nausea, I used to have pain during my period, but it wasn't as severe as it is now. My colleague said that if the uterus has an ectopic issue, the period pain would be very intense. After thorough examination, it was confirmed that I have endometrial ectopic.Doctor's answer:
The common symptoms of endometriosis include lower abdominal pain, progressively worsening dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, secondary infertility, and menstrual abnormalities. The treatment of endometriosis should be comprehensively analyzed based on the patient's age, fertility recommendations, symptoms, inflammation location and extent, and the presence of comorbidities, to determine the appropriate treatment method. Treatment options include medication, surgery, and radiation therapy. For young women with fertility recommendations, medication treatment or highly invasive surgery should be prioritized as much as possible. For older women without fertility recommendations, a total hysterectomy and bilateral adnexectomy may be performed. For patients, if the gynecological condition is severe, immediate symptomatic treatment and proper medication should be administered, otherwise, it may lead to a recurrence of the gynecological condition.