ENDO Messages for October, 2001: Re: Stage four of endometrosis-TO KRISTY

Re: Stage four of endometrosis-TO KRISTY

From: Kasia (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Oct 31 15:48:08 2001

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Kristy, You seem to know so much about endo, I found it hard to believe you didn't have any info re. stages of endo. So here's what I found as soon as I was diagnosed 2 months ago! Kasia

Hey there! Here is some info I found when researching stage 4 endo. I am 19 and was diagnosed with endo 2 months ago however, my gyno told me I had stage 4 or 5! Don't know if we have a different staging system here in Australia or whether it was really really bad! Hope this helps. The web address I have given you below shows sketches of what mild to severe endo may look like in your pelvic area. Is very informative.

Endometriosis is categorized and diagnosed in four stages based on location(s) affected: Stage I, or minimal, disease (superficial endometriosis, filmy adhesions); Stage II, or mild, disease (superficial and deep endometriosis, filmy adhesions); Stage III, or moderate, disease (superficial and deep endometriosis, filmy and dense adhesions) and Stage IV, or severe, disease (superficial and deep endometriosis, dense adhesions). Even though the stages may seem similar, the sizes and number of areas diseased indicate diagnosis. (Breitkopf and Bakoulis, 59)

Take a look at this web site.

http://www.obgyn.upenn.edu/IVF/Endotable.html

At Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Kristy wrote: >
>Anon,
>
>I don't know of any websites that give a description of the
>actual stages but I can tell you what they are:
>
>Stage 1-minimal
>Stage 2-mild
>Stage 3-moderate (can't remember for sure right now so I know
>that someone else may have what you are looking for but I
>thought I would try to help also)
>Stage 4-severe
>
>Even though this is the way I've understood the staging to be
>the Staging doesn't correlate with the amount of pain b/c some
>women with the severest form of endo may not have pain (or a lot
>of pain) while women with a little bit of endo may have a lot of
>pain.
>
>Sorry that I can't be of more help,
>
>=====
>Kristy :)
>
>http://www.geocities.com/sokokl/kristyspersonalpage.html
>
>Hoping to be a nurse soon but for now just a Medical Secretary who does a lot of learning from reading on the Net, books, my dr(s), as well as sharing my own personal experiences.
>
>http://personals.yahoo.com

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