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What You Need to Know About Cramps After Menopause
Abdominal cramps after menopause may feel like menstrual cramps, but they often have a different cause. While menstrual cramps typically occur because of contractions in the uterus, cramps after menopause could signify an underlying condition such as endometriosis, fibroids, or gastrointestinal issues.
14 Causes of Female Groin Pain
Groin pain in females is most often caused by muscle strain. However, many other possible causes, include urinary tract infections, ovarian cysts, appendicitis, kidney stones, and osteoarthritis (OA). Groin pain can also be related to pregnancy.
Endometriosis Recurrence After Surgery
Surgery can be used to treat endometriosis, but for some people, the relief is not permanent. Endometriosis can return after surgery. This article will discuss surgical options for endometriosis, what endometriosis recurrence means, why endometriosis can return after surgery, signs and risk factors of endometriosis recurrence, and how to prevent the recurrence of endometriosis after surgery.
1 in 3 Women Experience Heavy Menstrual Bleeding. Here's How to Manage It
One in three women of childbearing age experience heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), but many don’t receive proper treatment. That’s often because they don’t know HMB is a condition—and a treatable one, at that.
Using Hysterectomy to Treat Endometriosis
Hysterectomy—surgical removal of the uterus—is a common treatment for endometriosis. However, it's not usually the first treatment option and may not be the final one, either. In endometriosis, tissues that normally grow inside the uterus grow outside of it, most often on the ovaries and fallopian tubes. It sometimes extends to the bowels, bladder, and other nearby structures as well.
