Non-surgical methods of pain treatment improving the quality of life of patients with endometriosis

GOLEMO, Jagna, GRYC, Anna, NOWIŃSKA, Aleksandra, GRUDZIEŃ, Monika & ŚWIDZIŃSKI, Rafał. Non-surgical methods of pain treatment improving the quality of life of patients with endometriosis. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2022;12(12):237-241. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2022.12.12.037 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/39723 https://zenodo.org/record/7342537 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2022; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 01.09.2022. Revised: 20.11.2022. Accepted: 21.11.2022. Non-surgical methods of pain treatment improving the quality of life of patients with endometriosis Jagna Golemo, Anna Gryc, Aleksandra Nowińska, Monika Grudzień, Rafał Świdziński Medical University of Lublin, Faculty of Medicine, Lublin, Poland Jagna Golemo; jagnavlog@gmail.com; ORCID: 0000-0002-2785-858X Anna Gryc; annclaris27@gmail.com; ORCID: 0000-0002-6258-1168 Aleksandra Nowińska; olanowinska565@gmail.com; ORCID: 0000-0002-2235-1130 Monika Grudzień; monika.g.989@gmail.com; ORCID: 0000-0002-4855-8308 Rafał Świdziński; rafalumswi@gmail.com; ORCID: 0000-0002-8535-0936 Abstract Introduction : Endometriosis is a disease that currently affects 10-15% of women of reproductive age worldwide. The main problem of female patients, in addition to infertility, is pain, which varies greatly, significantly reduces the quality of life and affects family, social, sexual and professional life. Pharmacological treatment, which is applied both after the excision of the lesions and in patients who were not eligible for surgery, is an important element of pain therapy. There are also other methods, such as appropriate diet change, supplementation, acupuncture, electrotherapy, which are partially effective. Method : review of the recent literature based on PubMEd ,Google scholar research based on the following keywords : endometriosis treatment, hormonal treatment of endometriosis, quality of life of patients with endometriosis Purpose of work : Comparison of the mode of action and effectiveness of individual non-surgical methods of treating pain in patients with endometriosis. Key words: endometriosis, hormonal treatment, pain treatmen