United States: The latest finding discovered that Adenomyosis is one of the reasons for the occurrence of health problems such as irregular and heavy menstrual bleeding and pelvic pain.
The extent of the symptoms varies from patient to patient; Adenomyosis patients can even be as numerous as one-third of women who are either symptom-less or at least have very mild symptoms.
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The illness could also lead to fertility issues. Adenomyosis women who do get pregnant have the risk of miscarriage, pre-term delivery, pre-eclampsia, and bleeding after delivery much higher than the other women, sciencealert.com reported.
Reasons for having Adenomyosis
The uterus consists of two main layers. The endometrium is the inner layer where embryos fix their feet. If there is no pregnancy, this layer is chucked off after some time.
Experts that myometrium is an important later present on uterus, and composed of muscular tissues. This layer is responsible for the contraction and expansion of the uterus during menstruation and childbirth. Its growth is during pregnancy and is the chief cause of the contractions.
In individuals with Adenomyosis, the endometrium-like cells are seen in the wrong place, i.e., the myometrium, as sciencealert.com reported.
A large number of the women having Adenomyosis also have endometriosis, but Adenomyosis is a different disease from endometriosis.
Evolving methods to diagnose Adenomyosis
Adenomyosis is a difficult-to-detect disorder that is very complex. Previously, the only known way to diagnose the disease in a patient was through pathology assessment, where the myometrium was checked under a microscope after a hysterectomy, and there was surgery to remove the uterus.
The present rise in cases is attributed to an increased number of imaging screenings such as MRI and a detailed pelvic ultrasound.
Nowadays, adenomyosis is considered to be a well-defined disease without the need for a hysterectomy; however, doctors are still looking for a general technique for non-surgical diagnosis.
Thus, the number of women who have Adenomyosis is not known at the moment. However, there are around 20 percent of women having hysterectomies for reasons other than suspected Adenomyosis is found to be the case of the condition on pathology assessment.
Various methods to treat Adenomyosis
Various methods to treat it include hormonal medications like oral contraceptives, progesterone-containing pills, the insertion of a progesterone-releasing coil, or consuming a drug called GnRHa that prevents the production of sex hormones naturally.
However, the non-hormonal methods include tranexamic acid. The reasons for having such treatments is to lower bleeding while the menstrual cycle is going on in women. Moreover, pain reduction can also be carried out with non-steroidal and anti-inflammatory drugs.