Hi,
I am 47 years old, apart from one small bleed in July I’ve been period free since Dec 17. Three days ago I was admitted to hospital with severe pain in the pelvic and abdomen area. I had blood tests, swabs, internal ultrasound, ct scan and all of these showed nothing. Years ago I had a laparoscopy which showed endometriosis.. since then Id forgotten because I’ve not suffered with it since. The dr deduced that what I have now then is endometriosis. I’m not saying it isn’t but it doesn’t make sense... why now at this time of life? Isn’t endometriosis linked to periods?
Can anyone else share or advise?
endo is linked to oestrogen production, so no not periods, however normal cycles do have peaks of oestrogen. We are mammals regarless of sex we all produce oestrogen so endo has the potential to always grow. When in large enough amounts it produces it's own oestrogen.
In summary going through the menopause and having a hysterectomy will not stop endo, if it's there it will always be there as it's at a cellular level.
Some women have no symptoms, also symptoms vary. Women can a little end and lots of symptoms or lots of endo and very few symptoms, so it's all different.
I know it doesn't help but hopefully it explains it xx
Thank you very much for taking the time to reply.. I found your info very helpful and it made endo a bit more understandable for me. x