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00:00:00 Hello everyone, thank you so much for taking the time to watch this video today and in this I will be talking about endometriosis and how it can affect your fertility . So just a brief overview of endometriosis itself, it is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects about 1 in 10 women of reproductive age and what actually happens is endometrial
00:00:23 tissue or the tissue similar to the lining on the interior of the uterus grows on the exterior. exterior. So on the exterior of the ovaries and fallopian tubes and this can cause problems. The main symptoms tend to be severe abdominal and pelvic pain, pain during intercourse and
00:00:42 heavy irregular bleeding and unfortunately it can have a negative impact on your fertility also. It is caused because of hormonal imbalances and which is usually an estrogen dominance. So this video is just going to give an overview and discuss how endometriosis So this video is just going to give an overview and discuss how endometriosis affects your
00:01:02 fertility but there will be follow-up videos to talk you through nutritional strategies and different supplements you can take to help manage your symptoms and reduce endometrial tissue growing on the exterior of the uterus also. So what are the main complications that endometriosis causes for those trying to conceive a child? Well firstly you have adhesions.
00:01:25 So these are called endometriomas which are cysts that are filled with stale So these are called endometriomas which are cysts that are filled with stale blood and these can actually distort the physical shape of the uterus and cause complications or make it difficult for sperm to find an egg in order for fertilization to occur. They can also compromise the function of the ovaries, reduce the number of eggs , so fewer
00:01:51 eggs actually stored within the ovaries can be reduced when you have endometri osis and it can also impair egg quality unfortunately. it can also impair egg quality unfortunately. They also obviously the adhesions and the tissue that grows on the exterior of the fallopian tubes can also cause blockages again preventing sperm from finding an egg for fertilization
00:02:13 and also finally I did mention earlier that endometriosis is an inflammatory condition and this can cause impairment of implantation so even if the sperm was to locate the egg and fertilization occurs when it travels down it can't always implant into the and fertilization occurs when it travels down it can't always implant into the lining of the room due to inflammation and so these are the main areas you need to
00:02:38 consider when trying to treat endometriosis. So there are different stages to endometriosis and the higher the stage you have the more severe the issues and complications that you will probably have and the more difficult it will be to conceive. It's estimated as I have here in the slide that 30 to 50% of women who have end
00:02:56 It's estimated as I have here in the slide that 30 to 50% of women who have end ometriosis will have problems conceiving a child. This is rather high if we think about the numbers themselves given that one in ten women of reproductive age are experiencing endometriosis. Stage one is the lower stage and stage four is the highest so when you get to stage three
00:03:21 or four and this can be determined by your doctor or gynecologist then you will notice that severity of symptoms increase you'll get more pain but also what's that severity of symptoms increase you'll get more pain but also what's happening internally and will be at a higher level and therefore your fertility will be quite compromised if you get to this stage.
00:03:39 So early detection is important so if you are showing any sort of mild symptoms it's always good to go and get checked out and just determine what is going on internally if you are considering now having a child or even in the near future or distant future. Fortunately endometriosis is highly treatable and there are many factors you Fortunately endometriosis is highly treatable and there are many factors you can consider.
00:04:04 I will have further videos to talk about nutrition and supplements to help end ometriosis but if you want to go down the medical route surgeries are available to remove the excess tissue that's growing on the exterior of the uterus so that's number one surgery so laparoscopy. This can be quite invasive but usually quite effective if that's the route you decide to
00:04:27 take and however I would always say to anyone coming to me with endometriosis take and however I would always say to anyone coming to me with endometriosis maybe just try a few nutrition changes lifestyle changes supplements just to help control the inflammation and hormonal imbalances within the body so that possibly surgery might not be necessary when trying to conceive a child.
00:04:49 Number two a lot of people when they detect endometriosis early on will go on contraceptive pill or different types of birth control. The problem with this is if you are planning on getting pregnant this will
