Format:
Online-Ressource (192 p)
ISBN:
9781865081335
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Front cover""; ""Part title""; ""Title page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Female reproductive system""; ""Female reproductive organs""; ""Related structures""; ""Hormones of the menstrual cycle""; ""Phases of the menstrual cycle""; ""2 What is endometriosis?""; ""When discovered""; ""Causes and development""; ""What happens""; ""Appearance""; ""Sites of endometriosis""; ""Symptoms of endometriosis""; ""Progression""; ""Prevalence""; ""Typical age""; ""Risk factors""; ""Prevention""; ""Endometriosis and cancer""; ""3 Diagnosis of endometriosis""; ""Reporting your symptoms""
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""Giving a history""""Having a physical examination""; ""Having an ultrasound""; ""Having a laparoscopy""; ""Classifying endometriosis""; ""Conditions confused with endometriosis""; ""4 Treatment overview""; ""Forms of treatment""; ""Treatment options""; ""Choosing treatments""; ""Effectiveness""; ""Recurrence""; ""5 Hormonal treatments""; ""The pill""; ""Provera""; ""Depo-Provera""; ""Duphaston""; ""Danazol""; ""Dimetriose""; ""Synarel and Zoladex""; ""6 Surgical treatments""; ""Laparoscopy""; ""Laparotomy""; ""Hysterectomy""; ""7 Self-help and complementary therapies""; ""Self-help""
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""Complementary therapies""""8 Pain management""; ""Causes of endometriosis pain""; ""Using pain medications""; ""Types of pain medications""; ""Managing chronic pain""; ""Pain clinics""; ""9 Infertility and pregnancy""; ""Endometriosis and infertility""; ""Miscarriage""; ""Endometriosis and pregnancy""; ""Further reading""; ""10 Young women, teenagers and endometriosis""; ""Period pain and endometriosis""; ""Living with endometriosis""; ""Working positively with doctors""; ""What you can do""; ""What parents can do""; ""11 Feelings and emotions""; ""Before your diagnosis""; ""Diagnosis""
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""After your diagnosis""""12 Taking control""; ""Coping""; ""Choosing your doctors""; ""Realistic expectations of your doctors""; ""Getting the best out of your doctors""; ""Making decisions""; ""Support groups""; ""Endometriosis Clinic""; ""13 For partners, families and friends""; ""Supporting your loved one""; ""Especially for partners""; ""Especially for families""; ""Especially for friends""; ""Especially for sufferers""; ""Glossary""; ""Index""; ""Back cover""
Additional Edition:
9781741153828
Additional Edition:
Print version Explaining Endometriosis
Language:
English
Keywords:
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