
07/04/2025
Pain is the main symptom in endometriosis and adenomyosis. This excruciating pain can persist even after the disease per se has been treated successfully, and no visible lesions remain.
What's the reason behind that? So, chronic pain changes our nervous system and perception of pain in general. And we should not underestimate possible psychological effects.
"Multiple mechanisms underlie endometriosis-associated pain including nociception, inflammation, and alterations in peripheral and central nervous system pain processing. As also occuring in other chronic conditions, pain in endometriosis is often associated with psychological distress and fatigue, both of which may amplify pain." https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2016.07.497
Treating endometriosis patients is so much more than just surgery and hormones. Yet, we have so little to offer and much more to learn.