"Endometriosis: I lived a nightmare"

Painful menstruation, stomach ache Standing, Manon, 31, says his years of suffering before his return to life. Like her, one in seven women is reached.

 "My illness is not life threatening, yet it killed me by inches until I am finally diagnosed, at age 28 It started at 19. My period then became an ordeal J '. had excruciating pain radiating throughout the basin But doctors found nothing abnormal, called me cozy or lectured me. "You listen too!" or "It's worth a woman" or "Patience It will pass when you have your first child. "So I took it upon myself and anti-inflammatory drugs have become my" best friends. "Over time, I ended up stuffing myself the whole month, and more only during menstruation, because as it was not detected early, adhesions have developed between my organs from fragments of endometrial and ovarian cysts and several nodules, especially in the bladder. Urinating gave me sometimes want to scream ... Until the day where sex became my obsession, as any movement hurts, because it compresses or hits the nodules and cysts, but that I did not know ... I thought to have a shrink blockage or genital malformation and I dreaded Mark, now my husband left me strength to see me postpone our hugs. My hello, I owe to an in gynecological surgery. She was on duty one night, I arrived at the hospital torn by grief. Where would I be without it? She finally made the right diagnosis. I had two operations to remove endometrial fragments of the most painful areas and I continue my pill pads for not having rules. Life has gained the upper hand, even though I still have pain because the surgery can not remove all fragments and nodules. But it's a huge relief. And I am optimistic in two years, IVF is done to have a baby because my tubes are damaged, but I hope to be a mother. "

 Endometriosis: a poorly understood disease
During menstruation, some fragments of the lining of the uterus, the endometrium, is not normally evacuated from the vagina, but back in the fallopian tubes and then attach and develop, as appropriate, on the ovaries, in intestines, bladder and rarely in the lungs, without knowing why. Each month, these fragments bleed, wherever they are, because they function as in the uterus, which eventually form nodules and cysts.

 The expert's adviceTreatment often involves the continuous shooting of estrogen plus progestin pill to block the growth of the endometrium and thus remove the rules and pains that accompany them. Knowing that after surgery, including when it withdrew number of lesions, the hormonal treatment is a major asset to prevent recurrence. One progestin may also be prescribed. The alternative extraordinarily effective on endometriosis, medication is administered by injections -the similar Gn-RH-that highlight artificial menopause status. Which slows the progression of lesions. The absolute imperative: a woman should never take this treatment alone, but always with estrogen plus progestin pill or estrogen to curb induced side effects such as hot flashes. As for surgery, it is often performed by laparoscopy through two therapeutic advances: the ultrasonic scalpel and PlasmaJet technique that uses argon gas. This will remove the lesions with very high accuracy, limiting the risk to the surrounding tissue. Faced with an ovarian cyst, it vaporizes "just" cyst without removing the shell, which protects the reserve in oocytes.