Impact of endometriosis on quality of life and work productivity: a multicenter study across ten countries
Kelechi E Nnoaham,Lone Hummelshoj,Premila Webster,Thomas D'Hooghe,Fiorenzo De Cicco Nardone,Carlo de Cicco Nardone,Crispin Jenkinson,Stephen Kennedy,Krina T. Zondervan,Krina T. Zondervan +9 more
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Endometriosis impairs HRQoL and work productivity across countries and ethnicities, yet women continue to experience diagnostic delays in primary care, and a higher index of suspicion is needed to expedite specialist assessment of symptomatic women.About:
This article is published in Fertility and Sterility.The article was published on 2011-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1007 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Endometriosis & Pelvic pain.read more
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A prospective cohort study of Vitamins B, C, E, and multivitamin intake and endometriosis.
TL;DR: Thiamine, folate, vitamin C, and vitamin E from food sources are inversely related to endometriosis risk, and the protective mechanism may not be related to the nutrients themselves but rather other components of foods rich in these micronutrients or factors correlated with diets high in these vitamin-rich foods.
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Chronic pelvic pain in women: an epidemiological perspective
TL;DR: High quality epidemiological studies would improve the understanding of CPP and identify risk factors which may be targeted for the development of appropriate management strategies.
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Endometriosis-related infertility: ovarian endometrioma per se is not associated with presentation for infertility.
Pietro Santulli,Marie-Charlotte Lamau,Louis Marcellin,Vanessa Gayet,P. Marzouk,Bruno Borghese,Marie-Christine Lafay Pillet,Charles Chapron +7 more
TL;DR: In a population of operated patients with histologically proven endometriosis, ovarian endometRIoma (OMA) per se is not associated with an increased risk of presentation with infertility, while previous surgery for endometiosis was identified as a risk factor for infertility.
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When treating the pain is not enough: a multidisciplinary approach for chronic pelvic pain.
Lisa R Miller-Matero,Caroline K Saulino,Shannon M. Clark,Mary Bugenski,Anne Eshelman,David Eisenstein +5 more
TL;DR: Results suggest that psychological distress and impairment in daily activities are common in CPP patients and the possibility that psychiatric symptoms are contributing to functional impairment in this population of patients.
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An Exploratory Study into Objective and Reported Characteristics of Neuropathic Pain in Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain
Lucy Whitaker,Jenny Reid,Alex Choa,Stuart McFee,Marta Seretny,John Paul Wilson,Rob Elton,Katy Vincent,Andrew W Horne +8 more
TL;DR: Early identification of NeP in women with CPP with a simple questionnaire could facilitate targeted therapy with neuromodulators, which are cheap, readily available, and have good safety profiles and prevent unnecessary or fertility-compromising surgery and prolonged treatment with hormones.
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