Management of Endometriosis: Symptoms, Treatments, Self-Care Practices, and the Role of Nurses

Hamide Arslan Tarus, Nurdan Demırcı
In: Sakarya Üniversitesi Holistik Sağlık Dergisi · 2025 · vol. 8(2) , pp. 92–98 · doi:10.54803/sauhsd.1703402 · W4414442300
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This review discusses endometriosis symptoms, treatments, self-care practices, and the crucial role of nurses in managing this chronic condition and improving patients' quality of life.

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This 2025 narrative review examines endometriosis management by synthesizing information on symptoms, treatment options, self-care practices, and the role of nurses, drawing on prior literature rather than presenting new patient data. The paper highlights how nursing involvement fits into endometriosis care alongside medical and supportive approaches, with discussion grounded in cited sources and established guidance. A key limitation is that, as a review, it does not provide original experimental results and its conclusions depend on the scope and quality of included studies. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it focuses on management strategies, self-care practices, and nursing roles in endometriosis care.

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Endometriosis is a benign chronic disease characterized by the ectopic implantation and growth of endometrial tissue, which is normally confined to the uterine cavity. This disease frequently causes pain symptoms such as dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain, dyspareunia, dyspareunia, dysuria, dyskinesia and infertility and negatively affects the quality of life of women. In this context, pharmacologic and/or surgical treatment is applied as medical intervention in order to reduce the symptoms of endometriosis and improve quality of life. Due to the non-curative nature of medical treatments and the risk of recurrence following surgical interventions, current treatment options do not offer a complete cure for endometriosis. Therefore, women may adopt self-care practices in addition to standard treatments as part of endometriosis management. When these practices are carried out under the control of healthcare team, they can contribute positively to the management of the disease. One of the key members of the healthcare team is the endometriosis nurse, who plays a prominent role through responsibilities in caregiving, education, counseling, communication, and coordination. In this review, symptoms, treatment, self-care practices and the role of the nurse in endometriosis were discussed.
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