Endometriosis: A Closer Look Trivia Quiz

Answer: Chest pain and high blood pressure

The main symptoms of endometriosis are usually connected with feminine disorders such as heavy bleeding, painful intercourse, and infertility. It is affected by hormones and does effect women emotionally, causing depression and anxiety. Endometriosis can settle in various parts of intestines causing digestive problems and pain in the abdominal area.

Answer: True

Endometriosis is hard to diagnose and can be misdiagnosed in many situations because its symptoms often mimic other health problems. It can attach itself to other organs surrounding the uterus causing digestive problems and painful urination. It can also cause pelvic and back pain, which can affect physical activity. Because endometriosis is so hard to detect with common medical tests, doctors usually attempt to rule out all other possible diseases before diagnosing.

Answer: Surgery may hurt tissues and organs that are essential for childbirth

During a laparoscopy endometriosis tissue and implants can be easier to see once they reach a reasonable size. Most doctors remove the endometriosis tissue and implants during the procedure. Like most surgeries, the procedure can leave scar tissue which could cause infertility or affect future childbirth if it is in the reproductive organs.

Answer: True

Endometriosis usually cannot be found using tests such as ultrasounds, x-rays, or cat scans because of its size and where it can locate. Rogue tissues are hard to see with the naked eye because they range in size from microscopic to fairly visible. They can also locate on the underside of organs which makes them hard to see in regular tests. Endometriosis implants can be black, blue, red, brown or clear and can locate themselves in many places in the body.

Answer: Hysterectomy

Hysterectomies do remove the female organs that reproduce endometriosis, but the surgery is not a guarantee for preventing the disease from coming back. Hysterectomies have been known to leave partial pieces of endometriosis throughout the body which can develop and result in the disease being active again. Hysterectomies also remove organs that regulate the body's natural hormones and many women have to take artificial hormones in their place. Due to the removal of the female womb, women who have hysterectomies cannot have children.

Answer: Bibliotherapy

Acupuncture is primarily used by most women as a means of pain relief, but the doctors do look into ways of treating the effects of endometriosis by natural means. During the main procedure of acupuncture, thin needles are placed in specific points of the body to treat disorders and release energy. Chinese Herbalism looks at specific patterns of the body's disorders to treat the symptoms of endometriosis. Naturopathy focuses on belief that the body can heal itself and focuses on stimulating healing processes. All of these methods focus on therapies and natural medicines that not only treat endometriosis and side effects of pain, but will help the body's overall health. Most of them require a long term commitment to ensure success.

Answer: fruits and vegetables

Fruit and vegetables can reduce the amount of pain because they can reduce bloating, inflammation, and the level of toxins in body. Some fruits and vegetables can also balance hormone levels. Foods with high levels of sugar, and caffeine should be avoided because they can cause more pain. Soy products should be avoided because they have high estrogen levels that can affect endometriosis. Dairy products can cause an inflammatory reaction which can cause more pain and digestive problems. Refined sugars can also cause an inflammatory reaction.

Answer: Iron

Many women who have endometriosis experience heavy bleeding which leaves their body with very low iron levels. This can result in anemia, a condition where the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen to parts of the body. Anemia often causes extreme fatigue and weakness. Women can take iron vitamin supplements to help with iron deficiencies.

Answer: Cholecalciferol

Cholecalciferol, found in vitamin D, can help with bones and skin but is not one of the vitamins women necessarily need to fight endometriosis. Vitamin C is a vitamin that affects immunity and can help the body fight the disease. Selenium is a mineral that when taken with other vitamins can help reduce inflammation. Zinc is a mineral that helps cells to reproduce and can help with healing areas that have been affected by endometriosis.

Answer: sexually transmitted diseases

Endometriosis cannot be transferred from one human being to another like many other diseases that cause infertility. It can leave scar tissue and distort female reproduction organs, making it harder to have a child. Endometriosis also does put women at high risk for miscarriages and those who have children have a chance at passing the disease down genetically.

However many women with endometriosis are still able to have children and in many cases infertility caused by endometriosis is treatable.