Reducing or Eliminating Your Aunt Flow

Have a menstrual cycle once a month may be nature's way of saying you can still have children, but it can also be a burden that you don't need or want, especially if your monthly cycle is especially painful or bloody and you don't intend to have any more children.

If your family size is complete and you're tired of having periods that are uncomfortable, painful or messy there is a medical method that is highly successful in eliminating menstrual cycles. This surgical procedure is known as endometrial ablation and it will either eliminate entirely your monthly cycle or greatly reduce the amount of bleeding and discomfort that your monthly period brings.

The procedure works by eliminating the uterine lining and there are several different techniques that your physician can use in this process including lasers, electricity, freezing or thermal ablation. Thermal appellation involves the use of a latex balloon and a catheter filled with heated dexterous which is then inserted inside the woman's uterus for a short duration of time and then removed, causing the uterus lining to be destroyed. It takes approximately seven to ten days for healing to be complete, but most patients are able to go about their daily activities within just a couple of days.

When this thermal abolition balloon technique is selected as the method to use for the endometrial ablation procedure, it is generally done in the physician's office in an outpatient basis under local anesthesia and takes approximately 45 minutes.

This procedure is woefully under advertised as an option in women's healthcare despite the fact that it is highly successful and there are very few risk factors that would make it a procedure that should not be undertaken. The biggest risk factor is probably an undetected allergy to the latex balloon used, which is actually a rare allergy.

Women's healthcare should not be complicated and this procedure can greatly eliminate many of the complications and hassles of an unwanted monthly menstrual cycle. If you're considering endometrial ablation you should start by talking to a woman's health care provider about the different techniques and which one would work best for your personal medical needs and requirements.

According to the Journal for Reproductive Medicine a 2006 study demonstrated that endometrial ablation is generally more effective than other more severe techniques including hysterectomies to control heavy menstrual bleeding which affects 20% of all women who still experience menstruation cycles.

The study demonstrated that 400,000 women have undergone this procedure and five years later the majority-95% were satisfied with the surgical results and still had a lighter bleeding cycle it any.
Finally most women's healthcare providers would agree this method is effective, noninvasive in comparison to more invasive surgeries such as a hysterectomy and more cost effective common in at under $3000 in most cases.Your health is important so don't ignore an option to improve or eliminate a monthly visit you could do without.