Beating Endo. Dr Iris Kerin Orbuch

      

      BEATING ENDO

      How to Reclaim Your Life from Endometriosis

      Dr Iris Kerin Orbuch

      Dr Amy Stein

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      This book contains advice and information relating to health care. It should be used to supplement rather than replace the advice of your doctor or another trained health professional. If you know or suspect you have a health problem, it is recommended that you seek your doctor’s advice before embarking on any medical programme or treatment. All efforts have been made to assure the accuracy of the information contained in this book as of the date of publication. This publisher and the authors disclaim liability for any medical outcomes that may occur as a result of applying the methods suggested in this book.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008305529

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Dedication

       To the one-tenth of all women on earth who are estimated to have

       endometriosis, and to those among them who have been our patients

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Foreword by Bojana Novakovic

Foreword by Susan Yeagley

Introduction: Beating Endometriosis

1 What Is Endo? The Disease Process of Endometriosis

2 The Goal: Regaining Quality of Life

       3 Endo and the Body’s Core: Why Physical Therapy Plays an Essential Role

       4 Endo and the Bladder

       5 Endo and the GI Tract

       6 Endo and Sex

       7 Pain, Disease, and the Central Nervous System: A Multimodal Strategy for a Multidimensional Disease

       8 Endo and Nutrition

       9 Endo and Your Environment

       10 Endo and Your State of Mind

       11 Excision Surgery

       12 A Special Case: Endo and Teens (but This Chapter Is Not Just for Teens!)

       13 Endo and Infertility

       14 Reclaim Your Life

       Acknowledgments

       Resources: Information, Treatment, Support, Advocacy

       Notes

       List of Searchable Terms

       About the Authors

       About the Publisher

Foreword

       Bojana Novakovic

      I had pelvic pain for more than two decades—and didn’t know why. As a teenager, I was