Endometriosis

Sally has worked with many sufferer's of Endometriosis in her 12 years in private practice and has helped many obtain long term results not only in effective pain relief without the use of pharamaceutical medications or the oral contraceptive  pill, but through providing a preventative approach using nutritional medicine and whole food eating as a means to avoid repeated  surgical intervention.  Sallys' focus in treating endometriosis is to address the underlying hormomal imbalances and inflammatory responses driving the growth and proliferation of endometriosis, beyond mere symptom relief.

Sally combines a specific eating program and nutritional medicine products to obtain these results with great success. 

For Further information on how Nutritional Medicine can be used to manage Endometriosis, contact Clinical Nutritionist Sally on: sally@sallyjoseph.com.au

Read below for more about Endometriosis

Endometriosis  is an inflammatory condition that occurs when the tissue that lines the endometrium (wall of the uterus), starts to grow outside the uterus cavity.   The misplaced tissue implants itself onto other organs such as the bowel or ovaries and continues to grow and function, just like a weed.  Approximately one in ten women suffer this condition at  some stage during their menstruating years. It can occur anytime, from the onset of a woman's periods up to menopause.

Endometriosis is usually characterised by chronic pelvic pain, either with menstruation and or sexual intercourse a heavy periods.  The conventional medicine approach  to treatment is surgery to remove the excess endometrial tissue, followed by the prescription of the oral contraception pill, as a means to control pain associated with periods and or to allow a women to stop menstruation all together.  Endometriosis is typically an oestrogen dependant condition, meaning growth of the endometrial tissue is reliant upon the production of oestrogen, however imbalances in healthy oestrogen levels can occur, which feeds the excess growth of endometriosis.

For this reason, the oral contraceptive pill which contains synthetic oestrogen, is not a healthy or effective,  long term treatment  option.  It is simply a band aid effect used to manage pain, rather than address the underlying cause and can in fact make the condition return after surgery to remove it. 

In chronic  cases, surgery is an effective option to remove the excessive endometrial tissue from the affected areas of the body.  Once this has been done, the next step is to switch off the inflammatory process and regulate hormone levels, such as oestrogen,  progesterone, and insulin.  The long term management and prevention of Endometriosis can be achieved with great success, through adopting a nutritional / orthomolecular medicine approach.  Using specific wholefoods, vitamins, minerals and herbs, this condition can be switched off if not significantly reduced in severity.

Diagnosis

Endometriosis is usually diagnosed through a non invasive surgical procedure known as Laparoscopy. If Endometriosis is suspected, your GP may refer you for an initial ultra sound and then onto a Gynaecologist who will decide if it is likely you suffer from Endometriosis.  Surgery to remove Endometriosis is usually conducted at the same time as the investigative laparoscopy procedure.

Sally's Top Tip for Endometriosis sufferers -

'THE BEST DEFENCE against controlling the growth of Endometriosis is to combine a low carb diet with taking this amazing natural plant compound Indole-3-Carbinol, found in Estrosense and Ultra Muscleze to regulate insulin levels.   

Read about one of Sally's Patients response to her treatment program for Endometriosis