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Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders: Published: August 2021Endometriosis is a chronic disease characterized by the presence of endometrium-like tissue outside the uterine cavity, affecting women of reproductive age with pelvic pain and infertility deeply affecting women’s health. The most common symptoms of endometriosis are menstruat...
Obstetrics and Gynecology Journal: Published on October 2021Endometriosis affects 6–10% of reproductive-aged women and is associated with significant morbidity.Clinical manifestations are broad and can include dysmenorrhea, nonmenstrual pelvic pain, dyspareunia, dyschezia, and infertility. The wide range of presentations hinder the ability...
Published on PubMed: October, 2022Endometriosis is a benign chronic inflammatory disease defined as the presence of endometrium outside of the uterine cavity. The disease affects 10% of women in reproductive age; it is mainly characterized by dysmenorrhea and infertility, affecting the quality of lifeDysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, dyschezi...
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM): Published on July 6, 2017 Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent, inflammatory condition that is characterized by the implantation of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus and affects 6 to 10% of women of reproductive age. Symptoms: Endometriosis symptoms include dysmenorrhe...
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Published on May 2022TAKE HOME MESSAGE:Endometriosis is a benign uterine disorder characterized by menstrual pain and infertility, deeply affecting women’s health. It is a chronic disease and requires a long term management. Hormonal drugs are currently the most used for the medical tr...
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Obstetrics and Gynecology Journal TAKE HOME MESSAGE:Endometriosis is a common and challenging condition of reproductive-aged women that carries a high individual and societal cost. Endometriosis is associated with chronic pain, subfertility, and a mildly increased risk of ovarian cance...
Endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory estrogen-dependent disease characterized by the presence and proliferation of endometrium outside the uterine cavity.Endometriosis is associated with painful symptoms such as chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia, infertility, sexological difficulties, and psychological suffering. All these sym...
Endometriosis can be asymptomatic; women often experience a range of symptoms with dysmenorrhea, non-menstrual pelvic pain (NMPP), and dyspareunia being more common; other symptoms include constipation, dyschezia, dysuria, and infertility. For many women, the burden of symptoms associated with endometriosis also reduces quality of life and profound...
MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE: Published on November, 2022A Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisEndometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent disease that affects 10-15% of women in their reproductive age. It is characterized by the presence of endometriallike tissues outside the uterine cavity that induce chronic inflammation, ovarian...
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent condition that causes dysmenorrhea and pelvic pain that affects 6–10% of women of reproductive age. Elagolix is an oral, nonpeptide Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist suppressed estradiol production in a dose-depend...
The majority (70-93%) of adolescents have discomfort associated with menstruation. Dysmenorrhea is the most common reason for missed school and activities. Up to 20-40% report missed school due to dysmenorrhea, and 40% report a negative effect on school performance and concentration. Adolescents with severe dysmenorrhea have impaired qualit...
Endometriosis affects up to 10% of women of reproductive age, and the main goal of treatment is to relieve symptoms. Progestins have been the mainstay of endometriosis suppression, of which dienogest has become an important option in many parts of the world.   A search of PubMed was conducted for papers published between 2007–2019 o...