VIDEO: How to recognize, treat central sensitization in endometriosis

VANCOUVER – Sometimes in endometriosis, pain persists despite optimal treatment. Women have multiple lesion excisions, but the pain just doesn’t go away.

Evidence is building that in those cases, central sensitization – an amplified central nervous system pain response common in chronic pain syndromes – is playing a role.

In a video interview at the World Congress on Endometriosis, Katy Vincent, DPhil, MBBS, a senior pain fellow and consultant gynecologist at the University of Oxford, England, explained the latest thinking, as well as how to recognize and treat central sensitization in endometriosis. For some women, focusing on lesions isn’t enough.

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VANCOUVER – Sometimes in endometriosis, pain persists despite optimal treatment. Women have multiple lesion excisions, but the pain just doesn’t go away.

Evidence is building that in those cases, central sensitization – an amplified central nervous system pain response common in chronic pain syndromes – is playing a role.

In a video interview at the World Congress on Endometriosis, Katy Vincent, DPhil, MBBS, a senior pain fellow and consultant gynecologist at the University of Oxford, England, explained the latest thinking, as well as how to recognize and treat central sensitization in endometriosis. For some women, focusing on lesions isn’t enough.

[email protected]

VANCOUVER – Sometimes in endometriosis, pain persists despite optimal treatment. Women have multiple lesion excisions, but the pain just doesn’t go away.

Evidence is building that in those cases, central sensitization – an amplified central nervous system pain response common in chronic pain syndromes – is playing a role.

In a video interview at the World Congress on Endometriosis, Katy Vincent, DPhil, MBBS, a senior pain fellow and consultant gynecologist at the University of Oxford, England, explained the latest thinking, as well as how to recognize and treat central sensitization in endometriosis. For some women, focusing on lesions isn’t enough.

[email protected]