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Conference moira::parenting_v3

Title:Parenting
Notice:READ 1.27 BEFORE WRITING
Moderator:CSC32::DUBOIS
Created:Wed May 30 1990
Last Modified:Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1364
Total number of notes:23848

765.0. "Endometriosis--what is it exactly?" by PNEUMA::RICHARD () Wed Mar 13 1991 15:09

    My husband and I have been trying to have a child for 3 years
    now.  I have been seeing an infertility specialists for about
    1 year now.  I had a laparoscopy last Friday.  They found some
    endometriosis and a small cyst over my right ovary.  They removed all
    traces of the endometriosis.  I've read information on Endometriosis
    but can someone tell me in clear terms what it is?  Is Endometriosis
    a big cause of infertility?
    
    Thanks for your help,
    
    Angela
    
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765.1KP7 or SELECT to add it to your notebookNOTIME::SACKSGerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085Wed Mar 13 1991 15:271
See VMSZOO::MEDICAL note 41.
765.2???THOTH::CUNNINGHAMWed Mar 13 1991 15:4915
    
    I may not be 100% correct on all of this information, but if I am not
    mistaken, Endomitriosis, is the tissue that normally grows on the
    inside of the uterus, but has somehow escaped to the outside of the
    uterus, and starts growing around your ovaries, tubes etc. 
    
    I did some reading on this around Decmeber when I was having some pain,
    and had to have a laparoscapy myself. (none found)  From what I read, I
    think it can/ and does contribute to infertility. But the sucess rate
    of pregnancy after removal is fairly high. 
    
    There may also be a couple notes onthe subject in 105.*
    
    Chris