Infertility can cause endometriosis

Celebrating its two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, Semmelweis University's interactive, public, public health event series, Semmelweis Health Day, will be held on January 4th this year and will focus on gynecology and oncology.

Almost two hundred thousand women in Hungary suffer from endometriosis

Brubel Reka, assistant professor at the Semmelweis University, said the Kossuth Radio's show on during the day, increasing health from endometriosis. He added that, fortunately, many gynecologists are now dealing with the disease, and more and more general practitioners are becoming aware that painful menstruation is not a normal phenomenon and as a result, more and more patients are receiving proper treatment.

About one hundred and fifty thousand married couples in Hungary are affected by infertility, which can be caused by numerous diseases, including endometriosis. Fortunately, despite the illness, most people can get pregnant. Benign lesions affecting more and more women, but unfortunately, the topic is still taboo in the country.

Endometriosis affects women between the ages of twenty and thirty-five, according to statistics, one in ten women is certain to have the disease, in Hungary nearly two hundred thousand women, said Réka Brubel.

“Endometriosis comes from the Latin word endometrium, which means the endometrium. The endometrium is not only eliminated the vagina during menstruation, but also get into the abdominal cavity "through the fallopian tube - said the assistant professor at the Semmelweis University. He added that if there is a malfunctioning immune system or a prolonged stress state, the mucous membrane can attach to any organ, such as the diaphragm, or even form distant metastases in the lungs or brain.

The adherent during menstruation tissue is increased so as to thicken the endometrium during the first half of the cycle, causing pain during menstruation as a result.

Semmelweis Health Day is about taboo topics in gynecology and oncology

Unfortunately, endometriosis can still be detected only by abdominal reflection, and the entire pelvis and abdominal cavity should be looked for during the operation, looking for endometriosis. Accumulation is removed by tubular anesthesia. "The surgery may be delayed for hours or even several hours, the healing process is longer possible to return to work a month, but after two weeks," - said Brubel Reka.

At the Semmelweis University event on Jan. 4, besides the lectures, there will be an opportunity for individual, personal consultation, added the assistant professor.

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