Julianne Hough’s stomach pains are endometriosis
October 27, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
The extremely peppy dancer from Dancing with the Stars, Julianne Hough, has discovered the source of her stomach pains. She has endometriosis. I’ve discussed endometriosis here a few times. This link explains what it is and one of my Company’s calling features, Company’s calling – the road to a diagnosis for endometriosis, is about the topic. If you like to watch videos to help learn, the Mayo Clinic has a video that explains it as well.
Anyway, back to Julianne – she was complaining of stomach pains last week and was diagnosed with endometriosis. Julianne is only 20, so hopefully she has a mild case of endometriosis. The condition can cause severe pain and infertility in some women. In order to reduce the pain, she is to have an appendectomy. I’m assuming that she developed endometrial tissue on her appendix for this to be the course of action.
Luckily, appendectomies can often be done by laparoscopy now – surgery that uses tiny instruments through and even tinier incision. And, she must be in incredible shape from all that dancing, so she’ll likely be up on her feet, donning her dancing shoes, quite quickly.
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Since I was 20, I’ve had numerous doctors say I either had or didn’t have endo. I finally had surgery and was confirmed. Have done a round of Lupron and helped for a while but not for long…