| Description |
xvii, 182 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-174) and index. |
| Audience |
Ages 13-18 Turner Publishing Company. |
| Summary |
Secking explains what endometriosis is, in terms that adolescents can understand. Endo is not just part of 'becoming a woman', and many women have been diagnosed for decades. It is a physically and mentally debilitating disease that currently affects 176 million women of childbearing age worldwide. Young women need to know the truth about the disease so they can overcome their fears, advocate for their own health, and begin the quest of healing. -- adapted from back cover. |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Alaia Baldwin Aronow -- Introduction -- Endometriosis. What is endometriosis? ; Painful periods are not normal ; And then there are these symptoms ; When your doctor may be wrong ; Managing endo symptoms in public -- I think I may have endo. Now what? Who can I ask for help? And when? ; Help yourself by knowing your family history ; Empowerment -- Ways to treat (and not treat) endo. Diet and nutrition ; Physical activity ; Birth control pills ; Excision surgery is gold ; What laser surgery will do to you ; From dependency to addiction: the dangers of pain medication ; Avoid Lupron -- How to support her. To mothers of whose with endo ; To fathers of those with endo ; To girls with endo and their significant others ; To girls with endo and their friends ; To girls with endo and their teachers ; To girls with endo and their coaches -- Epilogue: Endurance. |
| Subject |
Endometriosis -- Juvenile literature.
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Endometriosis.
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Endometriosis. (OCoLC)fst00909774
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Young adult literature.
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| ISBN |
9781684423651 (paperback) |
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1684423651 (paperback) |
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9781684423668 (hardcover) |
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168442366X (hardcover) |
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