Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain
The Center of Care for Endometriosis at NMC Al Ain is a Multidisciplinary service that provides a holistic and personalized plan of care for patients with suspected or confirmed endometriosis, adenomyosis and chronic pelvic pain.
What is Endometriosis?
Endometriosis is a common disease where tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows outside it in other parts of the body.
A woman’s uterus is lined with endometrial tissue. This lining is called the endometrium. Your body grows a new endometrium with each menstrual cycle to prepare for a fertilized egg. Endometriosis is a condition in which endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus.
Chronic Pelvic Pain
Normal Periods Do Not Cause Severe Pain. Endometriosis Does!
Teenage Girls With Pain Deserve To Be Heard.
8 In 10 Women With Endometriosis Were Told Their Pain Was Normal Before Diagnosis.
Did You Know?
- Nearly 1 in 10 women worldwide have endometriosis at some point in their lives, with the disease often starting in teenagers.
NMC Al Ain Service
The Center of Care for Endometriosis at NMC Al Ain is a Multidisciplinary service that provides a holistic and personalized plan of care for patients with suspected or confirmed endometriosis, adenomyosis and chronic pelvic pain.
Our centre combines conservative medical management, as well surgical excision treatment for complex cases of endometriosis and adenomyosis with focus on the patient and her personal needs.
Our team of advanced minimally invasive gynaecological surgeon, general surgeons, urologist, dedicated radiologists, physiotherapy and pain management anaesthesia assures empathic, compassionate and professional approach to each and every patient suffering from endometriosis and/or adenomyosis.
MTYHS
- Endo affects white women
- Affects women in their 30s to 40s
- Pregnancy considered a cure for endo
- Hysterectomy and removal of ovaries believed a cure
- Endo affects upper socioeconomic level; “career” women
- Endo is rare
- Regarded as serious only when related to infertility; not linked to serious pain, illness, or increased risk for cancer
- Considered only a hormonal disease
FACTS
- Endo affects all races
- Affects females 8 to 80 years old
- Pregnancy may reduce symptoms temporarily, not a cure
- Combined with thorough excision, may reduce or eliminate symptoms, not a sure cure
- Found in all socioeconomic groups and occupations
- A conservative estimate: endo affects 89 million women worldwide
- Now definitively linked to numerous cancers including deadly ovarian cancer, autoimmune diseases, heart disease, and allergic diseases
- Now known to be hormonal, immunological, toxicological, and epigenetic (transferred through generations) disease
NMC Specialty Hospital, Al Ain
Established in Oct 2004, NMC Specialty Hospital Dubai is a multispecialty hospital providing quality and trusted healthcare services to the people of Dubai and Northern Emirates. The hospital is affiliated with all major national as well as international insurance companies and enjoys direct billing facilities with the insurance companies and third party administrators (TPA).