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Re: how is endo staged?
From: Endo (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Apr 29 08:39:20 2004
I have stage IV with lots of adhesions and only started feeling pain in
the last couple months after sex in the rectal area. Feels like
something pulling. That's about it.
At Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Jas wrote:
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>At Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Lisa wrote:
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>>Hi all,
>>Some of you have stated that you have stage 3 or 4 and so on. How do
>>you know what stage you are? What are the stages and how are they
>>determined? Just very curious.
>>Best wishes to all,
>>LisaK
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>Hi Lisa. I feel like I've read so many books and looked at so many
>websites. The book I have at the moment is "Endometriosis: A key to
>Healing Through Nutrition" by Dian Shepperson Mills & Michael Vernon.
>>From this book comes the following:
>"To help physicians determine the relative severity of the disease, the
>American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) has developed a
>classification system for endometriosis that has been used worldwide.
>This classification is based upon a scoring system that reflects the
>size, number and location of the endometriotic implants. Dependent upon
>the final score, the severity of a patient's disease is classified into
>one of four stages:
>Stage I or minimal disease
>Stage II or mild disease
>Stage III or moderate disease
>Stage IV or severe disease"
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>Another thing that I have been told by my Gyn is that the pain is not
>necessarily related to the level of the disease i.e. someone can have
>Stage I but be in sever pain.
>
>I hope this helps. Personally I have Stage IV with lots and lots of
>adhesions.
>
>--
>Best wishes
>Jas
>
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