Myth!
Dr. David Redwine, a notable endometriosis specialist and surgeon, writes:
“There has never been a biopsy-controlled study showing that menopause eradicates, destroys or cures endometriosis. Nor has there has ever been a biopsy-controlled study showing that removal of the ovaries eradicates, destroys or cures endometriosis. One of the oldest patients with endometriosis, age 78, was reported by Haydon.
“The oldest patient with biopsy-proven endometriosis treated at the St. Charles Endometriosis Treatment Program was 74. So strong is the notion that removal of the ovaries will destroy endometriosis, that this elderly patient had her uterus, tubes and ovaries removed at the age of 73 in order to “cure” her endometriosis, even though she was not on estrogen and had received radiation therapy in the 1940s to destroy her ovaries.
“Where did the notion arise that menopause (and, by inference, removal of the ovaries) could destroy endometriosis? Since he had not seen endometriosis after the menopause, Sampson had “hope” that cessation of ovarian function would “usually, possibly always” “probably” cause atrophy of endometriosis.”
Read more about what Dr. Redwine has to say on the subject!
See also Harvard Study Examines Endometriosis Cases After Menopause
See also Fact or Myth? Endometriosis only affects women through their childbearing years.
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