What's Endometriosis and What's Fibroids?

Question

I asked a question the other day and a couple of answers metioned Endometriosis and Fibroids, what are they?

Answer 1

Endometriosis is one of the most common causes of pelvic pain and infertility in women.


Fibroids are tumours that grow in the uterus (womb). They are benign, which means they are not cancerous, and are made up of muscle fibre. Fibroids can be as small as a pea and can grow as large as a melon. It is estimated that 20-50% of women have, or will have, fibroids at some time in their lives. They are rare in women under the age of 20, most common in women in their 30s and 40s, and tend to shrink after the menopause.

Answer 2

I can't tell you about Fibroids, but I can tell you about Endometriosis. Endo is when the lining of the uterus grows on the outside of the uterus and attaches to other organs in the body. There is no cure for Endo and there are millions of women who suffer from this illness. I know because I have been dealing w/ this illness since high school. The main issues w/ Endo is infertility and pain, pain w/ sex, pain w/ urination and even bowel movements. It can also cause extreme cramping.
Hope this info helps you.

Answer 3

Endometriosis is a living hell. I've had two laporoscopies now, the scar tissue had attached itself to my left kidney & I have a lot of kidney trouble on top of all the pain that endometriosis causes.

Endometriosis is where the lining of the womb (endometrium) detatches & can reattach to other parts of the body (sometimes even in the lungs!) where you get patches of scar tissue. When you have your monthly bleed, you bleed in to these pockets of scar tissue & it causes a great deal of pain. A typical sympton is a dark brown, smelly bleed often with thick clots as opposed to the red, healthy blood that a normal period produces. When I have a period pains, it can be so bad that I have to go to A&E to have morphine. Treatment involves surgical removal of the scar tissue (laporoscopy), hormone therapy, having a coil or as a last result a hysterectomy. I'm at the coil stage now, if this doesn't work I'm looking at having a hysterectomy before my 30 birthday.

Answer 4

good day, I have endometriosis, a fibroid and cysts are always coming and going.. i change into clinically determined with pcos even as i change into 14 and am now 20. we were ttc for 11 months without success :( I had a d&c and laparoscopy in Aug 09 to get rid of a few cysts and endo.. I propose a sturdy GYN! sturdy success!

Answer 5

endometriosis is a condition where the lining of the whom grows outsise the womb and sticks to surrounding structures such as fallopian tubes etc...this lining also sheds as a period every month which is why people with endometriosis suffer from heavy periods...fibroids are benign growths in the uterus which can grow to quite a large size in some women

Answer 6

Fibroids are little growths that can grow on the wall of the uterus, endometriosis is where cells from the uterus wall migrate elsewhere in the body and cause pain.

Answer 7

Endometriosis is a very painful medical condition in which the lining of the uterus grows outside anywhere in the body.For example you can get endometriosis in your bowel, bladder and even your brain! In bad cases it can lead on to Adenomyosis where it grows through the muscle in the uterus walls and in most cases is only diagnosed after a Hysterectomy and in some cases MRI scans. Both condition's can be very debilitating.

Answer 8

You can get a free endometriosis doctor discussion guide for disease management at http://xrl.us/doctor

Hope this helps.

Answer 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endometriosis and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uterine_fibroids