Abstract Background Endometriosis is the presence of tissue similar to that endometrium outside uterine cavity and most common cause chronic pelvic pain. Current non-surgical treatments such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, oral contraceptive pills hormonal have limited effectiveness, side effect profile bothersome. This study will evaluate efficacy Gynoclear™ by change in endometriosis-re...

Context: Endometriosis is a pathology that directly affects the daily lives of women with frequent impairment their quality life. In our environment, medical, socio-cultural, financial factors and related to organization health care system greatly delay its diagnosis. The objectives present study were determine diagnosis assess life before surgery endometriosis using specific Health Profile 5 (...

Population screening may harm quality of life (QoL), and traditional health-related QoL tools could be inadequate to evaluate this risk. Two global and generic QoL instruments were developed for studying the QoL consequences of screening (SCREENQOL), and QoL variation in a normal population (SEQOL). SCREENQOL and SEQOL (Self-Evaluation of Quality of Life Questionnaire) are self-administered que...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a chronic and progressive condition of women of reproductive age. It is strongly associated with significant impairment of sexual function. AIM To objectively evaluate the impact of laparoscopic excision of endometriosis on sexual function in patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) compared to healthy women. SETTING AND DESIGN Prospective study, inclu...

The etiology of endometriosis is poorly understood, and few modifiable risk factors have been identified. Dairy foods and some nutrients can modulate inflammatory and immune factors, which are altered in women with endometriosis. We investigated whether intake of dairy foods, nutrients concentrated in dairy foods, and predicted plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels were associated with in...

STUDY OBJECTIVE--The measurement of health outcomes is central to the evaluation of medical treatment and intervention. It is generally acknowledged that such measurement ought to include an assessment of the impact of health care on the quality of life, as well as its quantity. The Health Measurement Questionnaire (HMQ) was developed as a means of identifying respondents in terms of Rosser's c...

This article presents an integrative literature review aimed at reviewing the relationship between endometriosis and female infertility years 2016-2022. In this type of study, helps to obtain, identify analyze a specific topic in literature. Thus, objective work is extract information from updated through articles selected 2016-2022 empirical categories called: “Relationship with infertility”; ...

INTRODUCTION This study aimed to investigate asthma prevalence and severity in women with and without endometriosis. METHODS Before laparoscopy, asthma prevalence was evaluated in 879 women of reproductive age, undergoing surgery because of benign gynaecological conditions. Diagnosis of bronchial asthma was based on the American Thoracic Society criteria; asthma severity was classified in fou...