Menstrual pain (menstruation / ovulation...)

If you regularly suffer from painful periods, ovulation pain or PMS, this symptom may be linked to endometriosis.

Why do you suffer from painful periods & other menstrual pains?

More than half of all women suffer from regular menstrual cramps, 1 in 5 from severe pain, and more than 1 in 10 from endometriosis and/or adenomyosis (a form of endometriosis).

They are correlated with the 5 pathophysiological mechanisms of endometriosis:

Chronic inflammation
Oxidative stress
Hormonal imbalance
Intestinal dysbiosis
Immune system dysfunction

In addition to chronic pelvic pain due to menstruation, there is also pain related to :

ovulation (40%),
Pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) (40%)
which, at higher levels, can come under the heading of Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) (3 to 8% of women!).

Symptoms associated with menstrual pain can include back pain, vulvar pain, heavy periods, mood swings, migraines, fatigue, digestive problems, urinary problems, sore breasts...

How can you relieve the pain associated with your menstrual cycle ?

Our mission at Le Lab de l'Endo is to create the most concentrated formulations on the market, together with our scientific team and French laboratories that are experts in natural health. Here are 3 products specifically designed to help soothe your menstrual discomforts:

1342mg CBD Balm : a concentrated formulation of anti-inflammatory active ingredients: CBD, essential oils of peppermint, lavender & tarragon, and arnica, developed to help soothe your aches and pains in just 10 minutes of massage.
Medicinal infusion 8 plants : formulation concentrated in anti-inflammatory & digestive plants, developed to target your menstrual symptoms but also digestive disorders.
The 50mg CBD + 5mg CBG patches : formulation concentrated in CBD (& CBG, CBD's parent molecule), to target your menstrual symptoms in all circumstances, as discreetly as possible, and for 8 hours of diffusion!

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How can you reduce the frequency and intensity of your menstrual pain over the long term?

Digestive disorders are one of the first consequences of endometriosis, as it is an inflammatory pathology, and 80% of our immune cells that regulate inflammation are found in our intestines.

So it's essential to target the reduction of our inflammation deep down to help soothe your digestive troubles over the long term. This is achieved through our 3M approach:

Micro-nutrition (nutritional support + specific daily routines)
Internal & external movement (body therapy support: osteopathy, physiotherapy, yoga... + specific daily routines).
Mindset (psycho-emotional support + specific daily routines).

(Discover our 3M Method on the site menu).

To be completed with these 2 cures to target several of these pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for digestive disorders:

Probiotics 9 strains 30mg Saffron: to help reduce inflammation, anxiety, intestinal dysbiosis, fatigue and chronic pain.
The PEA cure: a promising new natural anti-inflammatory to target the inflammation that fuels our aches and pains.

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What medical and therapeutic follow-up can you request?

This recommendation is not a substitute for medical advice, if you have symptoms, we invite you to consult a specialized professional.

For medical follow-up, if you are looking for a gynaecologist/midwife specialized in endometriosis, you can send an email to associations that have contact lists and consult the directory of private midwives, the website pointgyn, gyn&co, mapatho...

Or check out our dedicated Warriors Gang chat rooms (just click on them).

(FAQs on endometriosis treatments available at the bottom of the page ⬇️)

Why are these treatments recommended to help soothe your menstrual symptoms?

Our natural products were conceived by our founder Floriane, who suffers from endometriosis, then co-developed with the Lab de l'Endo community and our team of experts in natural health & French laboratories, with a single mission: to offer you the most concentrated formulations on the market. ⬇️

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FAQ Treatments for endometriosis

How is endometriosis diagnosed?

Important reminder: Endometriosis suffers from a delay in diagnosis of 7 years on average.

There are several reasons for this frequent delay in diagnosis:

- Lesions that indicate the presence of this disease are often invisible on examinationsThe recent inclusion of pathology in the medical curriculum (2020)
- The complexity of the disease, there is not one but several endometriosis, with very diverse clinical translations, localizations and evolutions.

- The shortage of gynecologists in France, a recent study by UFC que choisir shows that 23.6% of women live in a gynecological medical desert. (According to a Senate report released in October 2021)

Important information: If you have suffered physical or psychological medical violence/abuse during a medical examination, you can contact the associations: Stopvog and/or Justice Endo.

The symptoms of endometriosis can vary from woman to woman, including:

- Menstrual pain:

- heavy or irregular periods

- Digestive problems

- urinary problems

- lower back pain

- chronic fatigue

- neuropathic pain

- pain during intercourse

infertility.

Pelvic MRI is considered one of the best imaging tests for detecting the presence of endometriosis because it provides detailed images of the pelvic organs and can identify endometriotic lesions that are not detectable by other imaging methods such as ultrasound.

To find an expert gynaecologist/radiologist contact, you can go to the Mapatho, Gynandco directory, or send an email to endometriosis associations that have practitioners' lists.

To have your exams reviewed by an endometriosis specialist, you can send your file to the Second Opinion website.

What are the therapeutic treatments?

The 3 therapeutic pillars to target the cause of your pain and hope for long-term relief are:

1. Nutrition/lifestyle (via naturopathy, micro-nutrition, etc.)

2. Stress reduction (via breathing, meditation, sophrology, hypnosis, psychotherapy, etc.)

3. Body mobility (via physical activity, yoga, stretching, osteopathy, physiotherapy, self-massage, etc.)

Given that the disease is hormone-dependent, immune and inflammatory, these are the basis of multidisciplinary endometriosis treatment to target:

Rebalancing the hormonal system

Strengthening the immune system

Reduction of oxidative stress and inflammation

They are complementary to medical treatments.

What hormone treatments?

As there is no curative medical treatment today to treat endometriosis, the pill is "the first-line treatment" in France that gynecologists prescribe to patients to help them soothe their pain. This recommendation is made by the HAS to doctors, based on the observation that menstruation and pain are linked.

On the other hand, there are no scientific studies to prove that the pill prevents endometriosis from progressing. This is why, even if the pain is relieved, to prevent the disease from progressing in silence, it is essential to benefit from the therapeutic support mentioned above.

In addition to the pill, other hormone treatments are sometimes prescribed according to medical records, such as:

Mirena IUD (hormonal)

or artificial menopause.

In all cases, whether the patient is on hormone treatment or not, regular monitoring of the disease on imaging remains necessary.

We have collected women's testimonies on hormonal treatments for endometriosis on our Media website (media.lelabdelendo.com, testimonials section).

What are the surgical treatments?

If you are offered surgery, it is important that you are surrounded by a team of endometriosis experts, and that you study the benefit/risk balance of endometriosis surgery well in advance.

Not all endometriosis can be operated on.

Do not hesitate to consult several opinions because sometimes an operation allows you to get better, but sometimes it may not lead to improvements, on the contrary, patients complain of symptoms that have worsened. This may be due to a poorly assessed benefit/risk balance, or from a doctor who is not competent in endometriosis surgery (officially on the medical program since 2020).

We have collected women's testimonies about endometriosis surgeries on our Media site (media.lelabdelendo.com, testimonial sections)