Adenomyosis

My main concern is not only to get the truth out about the severity of adenomyosis, but I wanted women to have a place they could go to vent - Maria Yeager

Adenomyosis
Adenomyosis

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Adenomyosis: The Reproductive Disease Women Don't Know They Have

My phone finally rang. It was the call I had been anxiously waiting for: the results of the transvaginal ultrasound I had undergone a few days earlier. “So, hmph, how can I say this?” My primary care doctor sighed and took a pregnant pause. My stomach dropped. This is it, I thought. I am dying. I have cancer.

Initially, I went to see my doctor a few weeks after first experiencing a sharp but fleeting pain in my lower abdomen that later turned into a dull and persistent ache. I ignored it at first—it was probably nothing. Maybe it’s gas or stress. Maybe it’s my birth control being weird. But as the days went on, I started to worry that maybe there was something seriously wrong.

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 Adenomyosis: The Reproductive Disease Women Don't Know They Have

Adenomyosis can cause chronic pelvic pain, abnormal and heavy bleeding, bladder pressure, painful intercourse and possible infertility. Why have most women never heard of it?

Adenomyosis Advice Association

Founded in the UK in 2011 - the Adenomyosis Advice Association helps women worldwide on their adenomyosis journey visit: I hope the information that I have put together here will help others who have recently learned that they have, or have yet to be diagnosed with this condition. Families, employers and even GP's may not yet be aware of adenomyosis.

Adenomyosis Fighters

This website is dedicated to the support of women who are currently dealing with the uterine disorder adenomyosis. This neglected disorder causes severe abdominal pain, very heavy menstrual bleeding, prolonged menstrual bleeding (sometimes 8-14 days or even longer), bloating (some patients can appear to be 9 months pregnant), and many other symptoms...

Natural Endometriosis and Adenomyosis Treatment

Heather Jacobsen, a former researcher and writer for the National Academy of Sciences, is a women’s health advocate and adenomyosis conqueror.

Fibroid Treatment Collaborative

Adenomyosis isn’t the same as endometriosis – a condition in which the uterine lining becomes implanted outside the uterus – although women with adenomyosis often also have endometriosis.

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