According to data, the infertility rate of endometriosis patients is as high as 40%! Did it scare you? So here comes the question: How does Western medicine treat endometriosis? Let me reveal the secret to you today!
Let’s first take a look at how Western medicine diagnoses and treats endometriosis. Commonly used indicators include serum CA125, etc. Chocolate cysts are a type of endometriosis. According to statistics, the incidence of combined infertility is as high as 50%! To solve this problem, Western medicine adopts expectant treatment, drug therapy and surgical treatment. 
What are the blood indicators for diagnosing endometriosis?
So far, there are no accurate indicators to predict endometriosis other than surgery. At present, we mainly rely on the signs of pelvic gynecological examination, such as a tingling sensation when touching the pelvic uterosacral ligaments, and in some cases, hard and tender nodules.
In addition, a commonly used reference indicator is serum CA125, which is a sugar-binding protein caused by inflammatory responses in the body and is elevated in inflammation, tumors, and heterotopias. However, CA125 is more sensitive for the diagnosis of stage III/IV endometriosis. It is usually within the normal range for those with early onset or no typical symptoms. However, when CA125 is 18u/ml, doctors in some countries will consider the possibility of endometriosis. Although the latest international guidelines for endometriosis do not recommend the use of serum CA125 for the diagnosis of endometriosis, monitoring serum CA125 is of reference value in patients with established or moderate to severe diagnosis.
In addition to CA125, plasma fibrin and (FIB), neutrophil/lymphocyte count, platelet count/lymphocyte count, thyroid hormone and soluble galectin-9 are also helpful in early diagnosis of uterus Endometriosis; in addition, when serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are positive in patients with endometriosis, the specificity for diagnosing endometriosis reaches 98.8 %. When there is only one positive, the diagnostic sensitivity is 96.3%. The combined detection of the two may become a golden diagnostic indicator for heterotopia in the future.
What are the Western medical treatments for endometriosis?
Currently, Western medicine mostly uses conservative treatment and surgical treatment: there are mainly two methods:
1. Conservative treatment mostly uses pseudopregnancy or pseudomenopausal therapy, such as danazol and triamcinolone acetonide, Endometrium, Provence, etc., artificial cessation of menstruation, formIt becomes a pseudopregnancy state, and there is no dysmenorrhea without menstruation. However, these drugs have serious side effects and cause certain damage to the liver and kidneys. Some patients can only stop taking the medicine because of the serious side effects when the disease is not cured, and they will still have dysmenorrhea after stopping the medicine. , the condition will generally continue to progress.
2. Surgical treatment is divided into two types:
(1) Radical surgery, that is, removal of both ovaries and uterus, is extremely cruel to young infertile women, resulting in Complications and sequelae traumatize patients physically and mentally, and menopausal syndrome may occur after surgery.
(2) Conservative surgery involves local excision, stripping and removal of the lesions. However, due to the severe adhesion of the disease, the surgery is often incomplete. If there is ectopic sacral ligament, the ectopic lesion will recur after being invaded into the rectum by electrocautery. The rate is high. Laparoscopic surgery is a diagnostic and therapeutic method, but there is a higher chance of postoperative recurrence.
Then let’s take a look at Chinese medicine’s understanding of this issue. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the main cause of infertility problems caused by endometriosis is kidney deficiency and blood stasis. Therefore, this situation can be effectively improved by nourishing the kidneys and activating blood circulation.
Of course, surgical treatment also plays an important role in solving this problem. Both open surgery and laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery are widely used to cure endometriosis.
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