April is recognized worldwide as Adenomyosis Awareness Month to increase public, medical, and policy-maker understanding of the disorder.

Dr Vimee Bindra, a specialist in fertility-enhancing surgery, endometriosis excision surgery specialist, and the founder of the Endometriosis Foundation of India, is based in Hyderabad and has introduced a noninvasive and efficient therapy for adenomyosis in South India.

Uterine enlargement results from a disorder called adenomyosis, in which endometrial-like tissue begins to form in the uterus’ muscular layer. For those in the reproductive age range, the prevalence varies from 8 to 27%.

The cause of adenomyosis is unclear. It could be connected to endometriosis or not.

For the first time in South India, an effective treatment for Adenomyosis was introduced by Dr.Vimee Bindra.

Symptoms

●            Painful periods

●            Heavy bleeding

●            Bloating

●            Infertility

●            Chronic pelvic pain

●            The pelvic pain can be so severe that patients describe it as a knife-like pain

It is a progressive disease and the symptoms keep on increasing with time.

Causes

While the exact cause of adenomyosis is unknown, a number of theories have been proposed to account for it. Some of them are stem cell origins, uterine inflammation after birthing, invasive tissue growth, and developmental origins.

Complications

Heavy and protracted bleeding may result in chronic anemia, which can then induce exhaustion, fatigue, and lethargic behavior.

Your quality of life may be negatively impacted by severe period pain and persistent pelvic pain.

Lifestyle and home remedies

To ease pelvic pain and cramping related to adenomyosis you can try

●            Hot water bag

● Over-the-counter anti-inflammatory agents

●            Warm bath

For some patients, pelvic exercises and physiotherapy also help.

Non-invasive option

Some of the latest non-invasive treatment options that have been helpful are uterine artery embolization (UAE), image-guided ablation techniques, including high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation (HIFU), radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and microwave ablation (MWA).

LAPAROSCOPIC AND ULTRASOUND GUIDED MICROWAVE ABLATION (LUMWA) is a feasible minimally invasive adenomyosis therapy method. It has several benefits and no negative side effects. During the follow-up period, the uterine volume and adenomyoma size considerably decreased. As a result, LUMWA guided by ultrasound and laparoscopy is a useful method that may be used to treat adenomyosis.

Some of the key benefits of noninvasive treatment are

●       Done in a minimally invasive manner

●       No future complications

●       Adenomyosis can be cured with one surgery

●       Women can start normal work immediately

Dr. Vimee Bindra can be reached at 91000 14623, COPE Women’s Clinic – Advanced Centre for PCOS, Endometriosis and Cosmetic Gynaecology Hyderabad.

Priyanka Dutta