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Recommended Books on Endometriosis
The 2002 Official Patient's Sourcebook on Endometriosis This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to endometriosis (also Adenomyosis; Endometrial Growths; Endometrial Implants; Endometriosis externa; Endometriosis of the cervix; Internal Endometriosis), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word "official." This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on endometriosis. Given patients' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms.
Bearing the Big H: A Hormonal Journey on the Hysterectomy Highway It took surgery for former newspaper reporter, Patti Pfeiffer, to turn author. It was during her own recovery from a hysterectomy that she wrote this enlightening and entertaining book detailing her experiences with endometriosis, laser surgery, laparoscopy, vaginal hysterectomy, surgical menopause, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and gynecologists. Through chapters titled "Hystery in the Making" and "The Long Gurney Home", readers gain insight into the emotional, physical and mental aspects of surgery, preoperative to postoperative. But more than surgery, "Bearing the Big H" is about the peaks, perks and pitfalls of womanhood.
Any woman whether healthy or hindered will relate to the satirical stories describing the experiences exclusive to the childbearing gender. If you have personally shared the author's experiences, or know someone who has had, or is about to undergo a hysterectomy, this book is priceless, upbeat, hilarious - and required reading!
Explaining Endometriosis Women with endometriosis and the health professionals who treat them will benefit from the latest information about the possible causes, diagnosis, surgeries, and current treatment options for endometriosis. This handbook cuts through the complexity to offer simple advice that will enable women to make informed decisions about their condition and its implications. It collects comparisons of different hormonal and laser treatments; discusses the lifestyle factors that can improve overall health and well-being; covers new herbal medicine therapies; examines pain management medications; and looks at infertility and pregnancy issues related to the disease.
The Endometriosis Survival Guide: Your Guide to the Latest Treatment Options and the Best Coping Strategies A diagnosis of endometriosis can sound like the end of the world, having no known cure or cause and frightening statistics of increased miscarriage or infertility. The best tool to have at your side when combating any health issue is information, and The Endometriosis Survival Guide provides a reassuring bounty. Margot Joan Fromer gives straight talk on what to expect, from doctors who may not take your pain seriously to the likely side effects of treatments. Common treatments such as hormone therapy and laparoscopy are covered in depth, as well as alternative methods such as shiatsu, aromatherapy, the controversial "Natural Estrogen Diet," and more. Her tone is warm and concerned, so the text never lapses into dry jargon. If you or a woman you know has endo, the Survival Guide's brief, well-balanced overview may be just what's needed.
Endometriosis and Other Pelvic Pain Explains all about Endometriosis from what it is to how to treat it.
Doctors: Bound by Secrecy? Victims: Bound by Pain! Author: Karen Steward. Copy Editor: Jill Ronsley.
Doctors: Bound by Secrecy? Victims: Bound by Pain! is the inspirational, true story of a mother and daughter's 14-year journey for a cure to an agonizing and often misdiagnosed, debilitating disease known as adhesions.
Melissa Steward was like any other happy, bubbly teen before illness struck at the age of 13. Doctors gave a diagnosis of Crohn's disease and prescribed corticosteroids as treatment. However, the powerful drugs proved futile against the constant pain, nausea and vomiting that tortured the teen day after day. Believing her daughter had been misdiagnosed, Karen Steward set out on her never-ending quest for an answer. Karen relates the riveting tale of their desperate cry for help and ultimate triumphant journey transversing the globe. Along the way, she provides a glimpse into the inner sanctum and frustrating maze of modern medicine.
Doctors: Bound By Secrecy? Victims: Bound By Pain! unravels the mystery behind adhesions. Since adhesions don't show up on standard medical tests, victims are often misdiagnosed, treated for illnesses they do not have, labeled as depressed-and left to suffer-often in crippling pain.
Surgery is the leading cause of adhesion formation, yet patients rarely are informed of the risk. Most ARD sufferers will spend seven to ten years wandering from one doctor to the next in an effort to find someone who will validate their pain and help put an end to the suffering.
Doctors: Bound By Secrecy? Victims: Bound By Pain! is a heartrending story, told with a sense of humor and wit, of a mother trying to find hope and healing for her beloved, ailing daughter. It is an inspiring story of perseverance-against all medical odds-and the final triumph over an incapacitating illness. The writing of Melissa's trying journey opens the windows of knowledge to adhesion related disorder, (ARD), forever unmasking this prevalent, yet medically hushed condition.
Alternative Medicine Guide to Women's Health 1 (Women's Health Series (Tiburon, Calif.), 1.) No longer will women have to put up with their health problems. This book is a woman's indispensable guide to reversing health problems based on the expert advie of 68 leading physicians. It contains clinically proven alternative therapies for relief from conditions such as infertility, endometriosis, vaginitis menstrual problems, ovarian cysts and much more.
An Atlas of Endometriosis, Second Edition
Updated, expanded new edition of Dr. R.W. Shaw's highly acclaimed atlas of endometriosis featuring stunningly beautiful full-color visual images and expert clinical text emphasizing key developments in diagnosis and treatment. In addition to Shaw, the authors of this second edition now include Drs. Overton, McMillan, and Davis for broader coverage of specialist topics, all vividly detailed in the photographic section on endometriosis. Includes bibliographic references and index.
Living With Lung and Colon Endometriosis: Catamenial Pneumothorax In 1958 100 women were written up in the literature with endometriosis on the lung causing it to fill up with fluid and collapse. The catamenial pneumothorax was considered extremely rare. Now record numbers of women in 2005 have been diagnosed with this disease, and still many physicians and women, have never heard of it.
Endometriosis: A Holistic Healing Guide An alternative health guide for women who suffer from Endometriosis and associated symtpoms. A self-help tool.
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