The severity of endometriosis is related to the condition of the lesion. Mild endometriosis has little effect on the patient. Severe endometriosis is a more serious disease as infertility, severe pain and cancer may occur.
Mild endometriosis has no obvious symptoms or mild menstrual cramps. Most patients can control the disease progression and alleviate the symptoms through medication and surgery, or the lesions may shrink on their own as the level of estrogen decreases after menopause.
Although endometriosis is a benign lesion, severe endometriosis has the ability to metastasize and implant malignant tumors and is prone to recurrence. Local excision of the ectopic foci, removal of the uterus, both adnexa, and all the ectopic endometrial foci in the pelvis are generally used.
Endometriosis refers to the endometrial tissue with growth function appears in the parts outside the uterine cavity, the vast majority of them are located in the pelvic organs and wall peritoneum, with the ovaries, the uterosacral ligament is the most common.
If you are suffering from endometriosis, you should go to the hospital for timely examination to determine whether further treatment is needed.