complementary treatment of endometriosis: diet, physiotherapy and psychological treatment

Agnieszka Siedlak, Monika Kuc, Katarzyna Cyboran, Dominik Machaj, Alicja Płaczek
In: Journal of Education, Health and Sport · 2022 · vol. 12(7) , pp. 989–993 · doi:10.12775/jehs.2022.12.07.100 · W4289077360
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This review examines diet, physiotherapy, and psychological interventions as complementary treatments to improve the quality of life and reduce pain in women with endometriosis.

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This paper is a narrative discussion of complementary approaches for endometriosis, focusing on dietary strategies, physiotherapy, and psychological treatment for improving quality of life and reducing pain. It reviews the epidemiology and highlights diagnostic limitations, emphasizing that there is no unambiguous blood test and imaging can miss less advanced disease, contributing to delayed diagnosis. The paper notes that complementary treatments are increasingly discussed in the context of symptom management, but it does not present new study data of its own. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it specifically surveys complementary treatments including diet, physiotherapy, and psychological interventions.

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Endometriosis still remains the second most common disease in women of the reproductive period; it occurs in 5–30% of them, including 50% of infertile women and 30% of women with chronic pain in the smaller pelvis. The latest epidemiological data indicating on the increase in the percentage of endometriosis in adolescents (2–5%) and postmenopausal women (3-6%), which is worrying[1]. Diagnostics is the greatest problem of this disease becasue there is no unambiguous blood test which can confirm endometriosis. Moreover, changes are difficult to detect even in imaging examinations, especially in less advanced cases. All of this contributes to delaying diagnosis by up to 10 years. However, there are more and more complementary treatments that can significantly improve the quality of life and reduce the pain.
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The complementary treatment of endometriosis: diet, physiotherapy and psychological treatment DOI: https://doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2022.12.07.100Keywords endometriosis, complementary treatment, diet, physiotherapy, psychological treatmentAbstract Endometriosis still remains the second most common disease in women of the reproductive period; it occurs in 5–30% of them, including 50% of infertile women and 30% of women with chronic pain in the smaller pelvis. The latest epidemiological data indicating on the increase in the percentage of endometriosis in adolescents (2–5%) and postmenopausal women (3-6%), which is worrying[1]. Diagnostics is the greatest problem of this disease becasue there is no unambiguous blood test which can confirm endometriosis. Moreover, changes are difficult to detect even in imaging examinations, especially in less advanced cases. All of this contributes to delaying diagnosis by up to 10 years. However, there are more and more complementary treatments that can significantly improve the quality of life and reduce the pain. References Radowicki S, Szyłło K. Endometrioza. Diagnostyka i leczenie. [Endometriosis. Diagnosis and treatment] Edra Urban & Partner. Wrocław 2016. Polish. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/endometriosis Antoni Basta, others. Stanowisko Zespołu Ekspertów Polskiego Towarzystwa Ginekologicznego dotyczące diagnostyki i metod leczenia endometriozy. [The statement of Polish Society’s Experts Group concerning diagnostics and methods of endometriosis treatment]. Ginekol Pol. 2012. 83, 871-876. Polish Mieczysława Irena Wyderka, Dorota Zalewska, Ewa Szeląg. Endometrioza a jakość życia. [The endometriosis and the quality of life] In: Pielęgniarstwo Polskie [Polish Nursing]. Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu. 2011. 4(42). 199–206. Polish. Piotr Woźniak, Paweł Ziółkowski, Tomasz Stetkiewicz, Agnieszka Pięta-Dolińska, Przemysław Oszukowski. Leczenie uzupełniające w endometriozie. [Complementary treatment in endometriosis]. Przegląd Menopauzalny 2012. 5: 396–403. Polish Koninckx PR, Brosens IA. Dietary fat consumption and endometriosis risk. Hum Reprod 2011; 26: 731-2. Nalini Santanam, Nino Kavtaradze, Ana Murphy, Celia Dominguez, Sampath Parthasarathy. Antioxidant supplementation reduces endometriosis-related pelvic pain in humans. 2012. Jennifer Mier-Cabrera, Tania Aburto-Soto, Soraya Burrola-Méndez, Luis Jiménez-Zamudio, Mari C Tolentino, Esther Casanueva & César Hernández-Guerrero. Women with endometriosis improved their peripheral antioxidant markers after the application of a high antioxidant diet. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 7, 54 (2009). Awad E, Ahmed HAH, Yousef A, Abbas R. Efficacy of exercise on pelvic pain and posture associated with endometriosis: within subject design. J Phys Ther Sci. 29(12):2112-2115. 2017 Romańska, E., Bereza, K. and Klimek, M. (n.d.) Wpływ endometriozy na występowanie niepłodności. [Influence of endometriosis on the occurrence of infertility]. Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków. 2011. Polish Jadwiga Łuczak-Wawrzyniak, Małgorzata Szczepańska, Jana Skrzypczak. Ocena jakości życia kobiet z rozpoznaną endometriozą oraz sposobów radzenia sobie z negatywnymi skutkami choroby. [Evaluation of quality of life in women with endometriosis and management method with side effects of the disease]. Uniwersytet Medyczny im. K. Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu, Przegląd Menopauzalny 2007; 6: 329–335. Polish Sobstyl M, Tkaczuk-Włach J, Jakiel G. Farmakologiczne leczenie endometriozy. [Menopause Review].Przegląd Menopauzalny; 9(3):194-197. 2010. Polish Downloads Published How to Cite Issue Section License Copyright (c) 2022 Agnieszka Siedlak, Monika Kuc, Katarzyna Cyboran, Dominik Machaj, Alicja Płaczek This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. The periodical offers access to content in the Open Access system under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Stats Number of views and downloads: 1771 Number of citations: 0

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