{"paper_id":"373f6ce4-70e9-46f5-aa0a-07af0880a6f5","body_text":"Analysis of online surveys on endometriosis-symptoms, effects of treatment and how to treat the patient to cope with the disease\nDOI:\nhttps://doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2023.20.01.011Keywords\nendometriosis, quality of life, aliments, chronic diseaseAbstract\nEndometriosis is a complex disease syndrome characterized by chronic inflammation affecting mainly the pelvic organs. The etiopathogenesis is not fully understood. In the course of trying to understand the mechanisms that lead to the development of endometriosis, many hypotheses have been put forward, such as the theory of retrograde blood flow or the theory of metaplasia and induction. Endometriosis is the cause of many ailments and deterioration of the quality of life. In addition, it is an important factor in problems with getting pregnant and infertility.\nThis paper is the summary of the survey results. The aim of the study to collect information of the awareness of the disease, methods of treatment and coping with ailments. The study was conducted via an online survey in the period from January to March 2020. The generated link [1], redirecting directly to the survey was placed on internet groups that gather women struggling with endometriosis. The results of the survey are presented below.\nReferences\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmz8tET2A9DWvrYQ5TXaoKYq9UQEZwGC_E-OiHz5KeAdL--g/viewform\nVercellini P, Viganò P, Somigliana E, Fedele L. Endometriosis: pathogenesis and treatment. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2014;10(5):261–275.\nBulun SE, Yilmaz BD, Sison C, Miyazaki K, Bernardi L, Liu S, Kohlmeier A, Yin P, Milad M, Wei J. Endometriosis. Endocr Rev. 2019 Aug 1;40(4)\nZondervan KT, Becker CM, Missmer SA. Endometriosis. N Engl J Med2020;382:1244-56. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1810764 pmid:32212520\nRolla E. Endometriosis: advances and controversies in classification, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment. F1000Res. 2019 Apr 23;8\nKoninckx PR, Fernandes R, Ussia A, Schindler L, Wattiez A, Al-Suwaidi S, Amro B, Al-Maamari B, Hakim Z, Tahlak M. Pathogenesis Based\nDiagnosis and Treatment of Endometriosis. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 Nov 25;12\nSchindler L, Schindler S, Ussia A, Gordts S, Wattiez A, Koninckx PR. Cystic Ovarian Endometriosis and Infertility: Arguments for an Early But Less Aggressive Surgical Treatment. Obstet Gynecol Int J (2020) 11:122–5\nGordts S, Campo R. Modern Approaches to Surgical Management of Endometrioma. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol (2019) 59:48–55.\nTaylor HS, Kotlyar AM, Flores VA. Endometriosis is a chronic systemic disease: clinical challenges and novel innovations. Lancet. 2021 Feb 27;397(10276):839-852.\nZondervan KT, Becker CM, Missmer SA. Endometriosis. N Engl J Med. 2020 Mar 26;382(13):1244-1256.\nKalaitzopoulos DR, Samartzis N, Kolovos GN, Mareti E, Samartzis EP, Eberhard M, Dinas K, Daniilidis A. Treatment of endometriosis: a review with comparison of 8 guidelines. BMC Womens Health. 2021 Nov 29;21(1):397.\nDownloads\nPublished\nHow to Cite\nIssue\nSection\nLicense\nCopyright (c) 2023 Adriana Misiło, Monika Sosna, Krzysztof Mordoń\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.\nThe periodical offers access to content in the Open Access system under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0\nStats\nNumber of views and downloads: 572\nNumber of citations: 0","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}