Endometriosis affects 200 million women worldwide

Endometriosis is the second most important gynecological disease and have between 7 and 15% of all women of reproductive life. 200 million women currently living with her ​​in the world, so the gynecologist said Victor Ruiz Velasco, director of the Center for the Study of Fertility Santa Monica Hospital. In referring to Dr. Victor Ruiz condition Velasco, author of " Endometriosis, "said that in recent years has quadrupled the number of cases: only in 2002 in the United States, endometriosis-related expenses amounted to 22 billion dollars, 63% higher than for women without it condition, so that the disease represents an enormous cost worldwide.

However, he said that for many years no attention was paid to warranted despite its high incidence, cause for multiple queries and cause large numbers of mutilating operations . Today there is a greater concern for the care of the condition and early detection and timely offers a better quality of life for the patient, in addition to that there are several drug alternatives such as GRH analogs (hormone therapy) and surgical treatments . Finally, Dr. Victor Ruiz Velasco said that he must struggle to make an early diagnosis of endometriosis, a disease which although not curable, if possible, stop your progress and prevent infertility and improve the quality of life women in the workplace, sexual and social.