Menstruation		Endometriosis

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I had this uploaded a while ago but since I don t have a pro account yet my older stuff starts disapearring aorund the 200 photos mark So I brought it back since people seemed to like it The thought behind this piece was about Menarche or a girl s first period I got mine at age 11 it was a rubicon and for a long time this once a month ritual involved wearing balck shorts feeling awkward dirty and alone as I attempted to hide everything from everyone I wouldn t even use my mother s pads because then she d know So I constructed uncomfortable and crude at best pads from paper towells and wound layer upon layer of toilet paper around the crotch of my underwear Today I am much mroe open about it And I have people I can talk to including my husband I have a lot of issues Endometriosis runs rampant in my family But I am okay as long as I have humor like my period journal <a href= http www amazon com gp product 0811834409 104 2117020 7246365 v=glance amp n=283155 >Vinnie s Giant Roller Coaster Period Chart amp Journal Sticker Book< a> and photos like these I wanted to show the lighter side to menstruation so that maybe some scared 11 year old girl out there would feel a little better The model was a friend of mine named McKayla my runner s leg could not look that good It was shot with a Nikon FA using outdoor film It was my hope to use all natural lighting but when McKayla came over it was raining out so I had to use indoor and like a goof I forgot to put my filter on So there was a ton of correcting in Photoshop making the whites whiter making the reds pop I liked the strawberry syrup puddle in one photo better than the other so I had to import it in also I forgot to put syrup on her leg so that was added digitally later And a few fun facts the sundae is fake I bought it off Ebay and used Strawberry syrup The sundae still sits in my darkroom and the whipped cream has been stained pink The skirt I picked up from the thrift store A

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The next drawing shows a cross section through the lesion at the time of ovulation The endometrium is thick and resembles the normal menstruation just before ovulation occurs nbsp nbsp

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The next drawing shows a cross section through this nodule just after a menstruation The purple line represents the endometrial epithelium cells and the blue line the peritoneum Because the endometrium is in a foreign region and not in contact with the muscle of the uterus

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pregnancy does not develop the lining is shed during menstruation When endometrial tissue is found in areas of the body outside of the uterus the condition is known as endometriosis The locations in which endometriosis most commonly occurs include various components of the pelvic cavity such as the ovaries fallopian tubes and the urinary bladder In very rare

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Endometriosis is a somewhat mysterious but increasingly common condition While the lining of the uterus endometrial lining normally grows inside the uterine cavity if

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Human Pathology Digital Image Gallery Ovarian Endometriosis

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rectal space the ovary the fallopian tubes the colon and the bladder wall Endometrial cells also have been found in the abdominal wall muscles the lungs the nose even the brain These misplaced endometrial cells respond to the hormonal stimuli of estrogen and progesterone just like the endometrium is supposed to that is they bleed during menstruation But there is

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Endometriosis Some common symptoms of endometriosis

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SIX It menstruates monthly and grows larger and it also invades the the deeper layers of the peritoneum nbsp SEVEN Pressure inside the lesion increases over months due to the continuous menstruation Some of the lesions might rupture burst open and there contents might spread to form

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nbsp NINE Longstanding adhesions between endometriosis and bowel nbsp nbsp Further Graphic Explanations of Endometriosis

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to understand the next one better The next drawing shows the purple nodules representing endometriosis occurring on the peritoneum next to the uterus on the tubes and on the ovaries The abnormal endometrium is also under hormonal control and the same changes that occur in the normal endometrium occur in the abnormal endometrium The next illustrations show a nodule in

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nbsp EIGHT The ruptured lesions forms rough areas to which other organs bowel fallopian tubes might adhere to forming adhesions nbsp NINE Longstanding adhesions between endometriosis and bowel

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The blue layer surrounding the uterus is the peritoneum The peritoneum covering most of the uterus is densely adherent to the muscle and therefore represent buy a different color The previous drawing should be used as a guide to understand the next one better The next drawing shows the purple nodules representing endometriosis occurring on the peritoneum next to

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suggests that this progression may be from retrograde menstruation or from growth of lesions too small to be seen at the first surgery Plans must consider both possibilities 63 This is the right cul de sac in the same 14 year old patient who has the pink polypoid endometriosis in slide 59

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nbsp FOUR The new endometrium is in a foreign site It cannot establish contact with the muscle layer of the womb uterus and the edges curl inwards nbsp FIVE A endometrioma endometrial lesion forms

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