There are many problems a woman can experience gynecologically that range from serious to not so serious. A woman who has endometriosis has a benign disease which does have some potential serious effects on a young woman. The pathology of this disease is that there is normal uterine tissue which becomes dispersed abnormally in the lower abdomen or pelvis. Though this is normal tissue it is not in the right location, and this can cause problems. The effects of endometriosis and pregnancy will be discussed in this article.

One of the treatments of endometriosis is to have the tissue removed. It can come back or recur which is why it is good to monitor this condition. The common symptoms of this disease is that it causes infertility and chronic pain in women who are child-bearing.

People who are in their late-20's or mid-30's will complain that they cannot get pregnant or they are having problems with their pregnancy in the third trimester. They may recurrently miscarry because their endometriosis is untreated. The reason this is that the endometrial tissue relies on estrogen for continued growth.

Those who do have issues with completing successful pregnancies should seek professional care with a fertility specialist. They use ways to monitor these patients to assess whether there is growth of the tissue during pregnancy.

Other complications can arise from endometriosis which can cause harm to the female which are very serious. The most common place for this tissue to growth around or close to the ovary. The ovary can then rupture or the vessels supplying the ovary can twist on itself cutting off need blood flow. The person will need emergent surgery in this case.

There a couple of goals needed to treat this disease. It is either medical with the treatment of medications or surgical. Short-term goals would be to help with chronic pain or fertility. Long-term goals would be to help reduce the recurrence of this disease.

For the treatment of fertility and beginning a pregnancy, a woman would need to have surgery to remove the tissue. The reason medication is not used is because the medications being used now for endometriosis suppress estrogen in the body. Estrogen is very important during a pregnancy, and to suppress it would not support a pregnancy. To initiate a pregnancy, some women may need in vitro fertilization, and fertility doctor should be consulted for treatment of this.

The condition of endometriosis is not uncommon, and it affects many women who are young and child-bearing. The tissue is normal, however, the fact that it is not located normally can cause women some problems. The severe problems due to this disease are ovarian rupture and torsion. However, the fact that some women can become infertile is very severe for some women. The treatments for this disease are surgical and medical or both, and how a person is treated is decided by an experienced doctor and the patient. This disease is benign overall, however, it can recur.