I am a home tutor and I have a 7 year old kid who exhibits symptoms of dyslexia. The school has identified her as one of the students with weaker language learning skill.

The school has given some supplementary notes to help her, but I wanted to do more. Is there any way to better teach a dyslexia child?

And also, her attention span is extremely short and likes to argue with me, not following my instructions. Any way to catch her attention?

Thanks.

thast right watch tare zameen par its a bollywood film on kids siffering from dyslexia and how to mkae them clever students research on it if u dont understand the language or ask some indian guy to watch it and explain it to you

yes "taray zameen par" is the movie to go for. it tells a story of a TEACHER TO TEACH A BOY WITH DUSLEXIA.

every child has some interest or special quality about him….e.g. he may enjoy drawing…so teach him with pictures & figures.

watching that movie would do u good!

Watch "Tare Zameen Par". Its a bollywood movie and is on the same topic. it will also tell you how to deal with the kids who are suffering from dyslexia.

Use the Orton Gillingham Program for the younger students….for students who are fourth grade or higher the Wilson Reading system is excellent…you have to get certified, but after you learn it….it can teach ANYONE how to read. Originally designed for students with Dyslexia….do some research on Anna Gillingham and read about "multi-sensory instruction"

The following post on Endometriosis was originally published in November 2010. We had a very positive response to the content and thought it was worth repeating:

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Endometriosis gets its name from endometrium, the lining of the womb. when a woman menstruates, her body is getting rid of the lining of the uterus.  If you have a condition called endometriosis, this lining tissue grows outside of your uterus and can be deposited on your ovaries, bladder, or bowel.  Also, it can grow to develop into cysts that are filled with old blood and can be found in the ovaries or around the pelvic cavity.  These blood-filled cysts are called endometriomas. The endometriosis tissue found in and around your pelvis behaves differently than the normal endometrium found in your uterus. Endometriosis tissue can shed and bleed during a woman’s period, which can cause irritation of her pelvic organs. also, endometriosis can cause adhesions (scar tissue) that can form on the reproductive organs.

Sometimes, endometriosis exhibits no symptoms. However, many women who have endometriosis experience painful periods and/or pain during sex. Uncommonly, endometriosis can attach to and damage surrounding organs like the bowel, bladder, and ureter (the tube that goes from the kidney to the bladder), which can cause pain with bowel movements and/or urination.  If an office ultrasound demonstrates no potential cause of pelvic pain, your doctor can determine if endometriosis is present by performing a minimally invasive surgical procedure called laparoscopy.  The physician will look inside the pelvic cavity (belly) with a laparoscope (telescope attached to a camera), which is inserted through small incisions.

So, does endometriosis cause infertility? If you have endometriosis, it may be more difficult for you to become pregnant. Doctors are not entirely sure why this is.   At the time of surgery, your doctor may evaluate the amount, location, and depth of endometriosis and give you a “score”.  This score determines whether your endometriosis is considered minimal, mild, moderate, or severe. The presence of scar tissue will worsen this score.

Women with moderate or severe endometriosis can have pelvic adhesions (scar tissue) or endometriomas.  Doctors are certain that adhesions that block the fallopian tubes will prevent an egg from traveling normally from the ovary to the uterus.  This makes it difficult for the egg and sperm to meet.  Minimal or mild endometriosis may only cause minimal amounts of adhesions, but becoming pregnant may still be difficult.

It is only through laparoscopy that your doctor can definitively diagnose endometriosis.  If endometriosis is seen at the time of surgery, your doctor will surgically burn or laser the endometriosis and cut  or remove the scar tissue. this treatment will allow your reproductive organs to function more normally. your chances of becoming pregnant are improved after surgical treatment, especially if your endometriosis is in the moderate or severe range.

Endometriosis needs the female hormone estrogen to develop and grow. Birth control pills and other drugs that lower or block estrogen can help symptoms, such as pelvic pain, painful periods, and pain during sex.  For patients who want to become pregnant, medical therapy with birth control pills or medications that cause a short-term, menopausal state may be considered prior to attempts at conception.  Medical therapy may help decrease the pain associated with endometriosis but the treatment itself usually does not improve pregnancy rates.

The physicians at Reproductive Resource Center recommend an infertility evaluation (even prior to one year of infertility) for patients over the age of 35, and for those with irregular menstrual periods, tubal ligation or vasectomy, endometriosis or recurrent pregnancy loss.

*Information appears courtesy of The American Society of Reproductive Medicine and The Society of Reproductive Surgeons, 2008.

*Image courtesy of ilovebutter / creative commons

Tagged as: adhesions, endometriomas, endometriosis, endometrium, estrogen, infertility, irregular menstrual periods, laparoscopy, painful periods, reproductive resource center

Ive been checked now for kidney stones, gall stones, appendicitis, ovarian cancer and now endometriosis. they found endo in my left uretur. now here is my problem. My pain is on my RIGHT side and goes down my right leg. its a dull pulsing pain that has been causing trouble for 2 years now and they say since the endo is on my left it may not be causing the pain on my right. does anyone know of a similar condition that exhibits symptoms like endometriosis? they also say that it could be referred pain but I never feel pain on the area where they found a problem. Im desperate! Im so tired of being in anonymous pain!!!

PS by they I mean Gyno dr

I'm surprised you haven't had an MR done to look for a prolapsed intervertebral disc. that could cause pain to radiate down your leg.

I have left sided pain and a big right sided fibroid and some little fibroids. I wonder if "they" are reading the correct side of the test or if this is a common phenomena….