First, did you know that 1 in 10 women suffer from the symptoms of endometriosis? Learn more about this disease.
However, the Unified Health System (SUS) provides preventive exams and treatments for disease.
Being painful and silent, the endometriosis can cause serious difficulties in a woman's daily life if not diagnosed and treated correctly.
It is estimated that 1 in 10 women suffer these symptoms caused by the disease and are unaware of its existence.
The Unified Health System (SUS) in 2021 made about 26,400 visits and more than eight thousand hospitalizations were registered in the public health network.
In this sense, the Ministry of Health has been drawing the attention of the population to this problem, informing the services that are directed to women in Primary Health Care.
In the first place, comes the gynecological exam, especially the touch exam, which is the first fundamental step for the identification of the disease in cases of endometriosis deep.
This clinical case can also be confirmed through laboratory tests.
And about the service and diagnostic tests, these are offered by the Basic Health Units (UBS).
In this way, preventing the disease from getting worse and if there is a need for surgery, the patient is referred to a hospital.
The treatment for endometriosis may vary depending on the case and age of the patient.
Discovering the disease at the beginning is essential, because the more time passes, the more the endometriosis it spreads inside the abdomen, thus being able to lead the person to infertility due to anatomical alterations, obstruction of the tubes and alteration in ovulation.
Because it is an inflammatory disease, it is caused by endometrial cells (tissue that lines the uterus).
So instead of being expelled during menstruation, it moves in the opposite direction, and falls into the abdominal cavity or ovaries, with that they multiply again and cause bleeding.
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Symptoms of the disease can be severe cramping during menstruation, pain during sexual intercourse, intestinal and urinary pain and bleeding during menstruation, and difficulties in getting pregnant.
If you experience these symptoms, it is worth making an appointment with your gynecologist.
