User:Dinosaurseatpancakes/sandbox

Stuff

 * WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by nationality/Finland
 * Kalevala_Jewelry
 * User:Dinosaurseatpancakes/Draft of Kalevala Jewelry
 * Battle of Ahvenkoski

Article improvement action plan

 * 1) Salvage information, find & add sources
 * 2) Remove unsalvageable information & make a list of them on Talk page for others
 * 3) Do not remove primary sourced info for now
 * 4) Copy edit the top, move non-essential info to sub categories WP:WEIGHT
 * 5) Re-check all statistics & add newest info/sources
 * 6) Especially improve section on social impacts
 * 7) Copy edit sub categories one by one, merge/divide as needed
 * 8) Consider article re-splitting and possibly re-merging Endometriosis and infertility, discuss
 * 9) Add to See also/Elsewhere/Related links

Neuropathy, allodynia & vulvodynia in Endo patients
Looking for sources on whether chronic endo pain can be directly linked as a cause of nerve pain, neuropathic pain, neuropathy, allodynia, vulvodynia etc. Very common symptoms/co-morbid conditions. Sources:-

Co-morbid conditions

 * adverse effects of commonly used meds(hormonal,antidepressants) on well being
 * IBS common
 * Depression common
 * chronic pain => nerve pain, neuropathic pain etc.
 * immune deficiency

Estrogen
The role of estrogen in endo growth.

Endocrine disruptors
known estrogen mimicing substances. plastics BPA, caffeine etc.

Defunct theories

 * Retrograde menstruation theory outdated, endo found in men who don't menstruate
 * Dioxin effects unproven, difficult to test
 * Endo now considered an autoimmune related condition.
 * Prevention: nothing proven, difficult to test

Social issues

 * difficulty in getting hysterectomy because fertility is more valued
 * Significant reduction in quality of life, chronic pain
 * Infertility
 * difficulties in relationships, effects on sex life
 * Women's pain not taken seriously by GP's adding to diagnostic delay and period pain being normalized
 * Chronic pain sufferers can be seen/treated as addicts for requesting pain meds
 * Diagnostic problems: Does not raise CRP despite inflammation, does not show up in most imaging or ultrasounds, only reliably diagnosed via laparoscopy/biopsy, often a mental illness is diagnosed first

Statistics

 * Diagnostic delay: 6-9 years
 * Affects 10% of women of fertile age world wide
 * Falsely believed to be an illness of women in their 30-40's when in fact often starts young

All the possible organs affected & rarity

 * pelvic cavity: endometrium, intestines, peritoneum, bladder etc.
 * recto/vaginal endo
 * Diaphragm
 * Lungs
 * Liver
 * Heart
 * Brain
 * Other places?

Endo in men
Case study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4014886 Another: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4183904/

Cleaning the top section to improve readability?
Article is very top heavy. Maybe try to improve the language and move some of the non-essential facts to their respective categories. Attempt to edit here: #User:Dinosaurseatpancakes/Draft of Endometriosis