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A medical system all its own, homeopathy treats disease by administration of a minute dose of a remedy that would in a healthy person produce symptoms of the disease being treated. Although homeopaths do not believe in surgery and avoid prescribing prescription drugs, they are trained medical doctors who have also trained in herbalism and nutrition. (“Homeopathy” is practiced, in one way, within the traditional medical establishment. Vaccines against diseases like polio, measles, smallpox, and other contagious and potentially life-threatening diseases are actually comprised of minute qualities of active viruses.) Homeopathically, the body reacts by stimulating the immune system to fight the illness through self-healing. Homeopathic doctors give diluted doses of substances to stimulate the immune system, although vaccines are given to people when they are well, not ill with symptoms of the disease.

Homeopathy, then, uses the familiar technique of “like cures like”; that is, the cure is found within the system of the disorder. One remedy that homeopaths work with in some cases of endometriosis is a distillation of healthy human placenta. The placenta is boiled down, then dried and ground to powder form, it is given with other herbs to restore viral essence of the basic life force in the body. It is often given to women who suffer from infertility, excessive menstruation, or lack of menstruation. A homeopathic diagnosis would be necessary to determine the right quantity of placenta for you, or determine if it was right for you at all. In my opinion, homeopathy might work for some women, but would not be right for others. Bach case must be viewed individually.

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Adenomyosis refers to endometriosis growing within the thick muscular coat of the uterus, the myometrium. The symptoms include enlargement of the uterus, and heavy or painful bleeding, and the group of women affected is similar to that for endometriosis. Its presence may be suggested by vaginal ultrasound, biopsy of the myometrium or magnetic resonance imaging.

While it is sometimes possible to remove endometriosis by cutting or burning it out, this is more difficult where adenomyosis is concerned. Drug therapies can provide profound pain relief for both endometriosis and adenomyosis while in use, but there is no evidence that they eradicate the unwanted tissue. After therapy stops, the disease persists in more than three out of four women and pain often recurs within a few weeks or months. Many women consider hysterectomy when endometriosis or adenomyosis continues to cause severe and persistent problems despite other treatments.

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Effectiveness of a conservative laparotomy

It is difficult to give an indication of the success rates of a conservative laparotomy due to the lack of large-scale studies carried out to evaluate its effectiveness. There are few statistics on the success of surgery in terms of relieving the symptoms or on the proportion of women who experience a recurrence of their symptoms following surgery. Almost all of the available statistics are concerned with the proportion of women desiring pregnancy who conceived following surgery. Although the reported figures vary widely those statistics indicate that on average approximately 60% of women with mild disease, 50% of women with moderate disease and 40% of women with severe disease, can expect to conceive following a conservative laparotomy.

Risks and complications of a conservative laparotomy

The risks and complications of a conservative laparotomy are the same as for a laparotomy.

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