The Endometriosis Coping Zone

Endometriosis:  the basics

• What is endometriosis?
• Symptoms of endometriosis
• Treatments for endometriosis
• An enigma called endometriosis – A primer that includes the physical and emotional effects of endometriosis. Good article to give to family members, significant others, and close friends.
• Your initial endometriosis appointment (questions the doctor may ask you) - Get the most out of your first appointment with the gynaecologist by learning what he or she will likely ask you.
• Finding the endometriosis genes - contributed by Ros Wood of the Endometriosis Association of Victoria (Australia). Is there a genetic predisposition to endometriosis? Who is trying to find out? What progress have they made?
• Elena Mattiola of the Associazione Italiana Endometriosi (Italy) has interviewed Paolo Vercellini MD, University of Milan School of Medicine, and wrote an article which is now available online. Click here to read the original article in Italian, or you may choose to read the article in English (translated from the Italian):

  • Part 1: Clinical and therapeutic aspects of endometriosis to bear in mind
  • Part 2: Article graphics with captions
  • Part 3: Theories about possible causes and information about Associazione Italiana Endometriosi