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Tissue Run Amok

All You Need To Know About Endometriosis

...Endometriosis on Fertility What causes endometriosis? The exact causes of endometriosis remain unknown to experts. Experts say a genetic component is likely since endometriosis often runs in families. However, endometriosis...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Myths, Stigma Exaggerate Effects of Endometriosis on Fertility

...pain, though not all women with endometriosis experience this. Fertility problems due to endometriosis typically only occur when endometrial growth has damaged the Fallopian tubes, ovaries, or uterus, or when...

By Angelina Shah

No Pain All Gain

Faster, Non‑Invasive Endometriosis Tests Are Finally in the Horizon

...diagnostic biomarkers. In fact, DotLab, a US-based company has patented a blood test for microRNA markers to diagnose endometriosis. Essentially, testing for endometriosis could become as simple as performing a...

By Sneha Khedkar

Scientists to Test An Antibiotic to Treat Women With Endometriosis

...– can be treated. Related on The Swaddle: Women With Endometriosis Turning to Alternative Therapies for Relief “At present, the treatment [for endometriosis] is to stop menstruation using hormonal pills,...

By Puja Bhattacharjee

New Connections

Scientists Find a Genetic Link Between Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer

...with a genetic predisposition to endometriosis may also be likely to develop an EOC; second, that endometriosis and EOC are biologically related; and third, any genetic variant in endometriosis is...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Believe My Pain

What It’s Like To Live With: Endometriosis

...scared of even taking up a new job because what if endometriosis flips my life over again — and I terribly fail at it? Knowing I have endometriosis has definitely...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Women With Endometriosis Turning to Alternative Therapies for Relief

Vasudha Rai has been suffering from grade IV endometriosis since 2006. Endometriosis occurs when the tissue that makes up the uterine lining grows outside the uterus and onto other organs...

By Anubhuti Matta

Obstacle Course

Endometriosis Impacts Women’s Careers but Is Often Overlooked, Research Suggests

Endometriosis, a condition that causes chronic pain and fatigue, adversely impacts women’s careers by disrupting their productivity and is linked to lower annual salaries, according to a new study. Endometriosis...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Easing the Pain

Scientists Identify Gene Associated With Late‑Stage Endometriosis

...identified a variation of a particular gene — known as NPSR1 — within the chromosome region that was linked to endometriosis in 849 macaques, of which 135 developed spontaneous endometriosis. ...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

The Language of Pain

For Endometriosis Patients, Better Communication Could Lead to Faster Diagnosis

...Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, the study explored “what patients and doctors consider challenging and effective in endometriosis pain communication.” The UK-based research included 131 participants who live with endometriosis...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Study: Fatigue An Overlooked Symptom of Endometriosis

...new research published in the journal Human Reproduction suggests fatigue should be given more weight as a symptom of endometriosis. Endometriosis is a condition in which endometrial cells that usually...

By Angelina Shah

Deep in the Double Helix

Study Identifies Common Gene Behind Endometriosis, Depression, Gastrointestinal Diseases

A new study has confirmed a genetic link between endometriosis and depression, in addition to establishing a possible, causal association linking the two with gastrointestinal conditions as well. Endometriosis, a...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Study: We Now Know Which Endometriosis Patients Will Respond to Hormone Therapy

...endometriosis individually. “Receptor status in endometriosis could be used in a manner analogous to the use of estrogen/progesterone receptor status in breast cancer for tailoring hormonal-based regimens,” said Dr. Valerie...

By The Swaddle Team

Researchers Can Now Bioengineer Uterine Cells To Help Treat Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a painful disorder, where tissue that usually lines the inside of the uterus (the endometrium) grows outside the uterus. Treatment usually involves hormone therapy and pain medication, though...

By Nadia Nooreyezdan

Sisterhood of the Sick

For Women With Chronic Illness, Health Mentorship Is an Essential Part of Health Care

...2017, Sharath, along with a colleague who also had endometriosis, formed a support group for endometriosis sufferers in India. “Nobody talks about how to manage your life, how to manage...

By Liesl Goecker

Extreme Period Pain, or Acute Dysmenorrhea, Is a Real Health Issue

...we begin the clinical process of exclusion to determine the cause of the pain. For instance, if they have any uterine cysts or polyps or endometriosis, which is a little...

By Pallavi Prasad

Doesn't Solve It

Medical Gaslighting Impacts Women’s Health — But Self‑Advocacy Isn’t Always the Solution It’s Touted to Be

...laugh at me when I asked about my sciatic pain being related to my endometriosis… My endometriosis specialist found out later that I had a massive nodule on my uterosacral...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Painful Sex Is a Real Medical Condition, But Doctors Often Miss, Dismiss It

...and the woman she featured, eventually discovered that their habitual pain during sex was due to severe endometriosis, — a condition in which the tissue that makes up the uterine...

By Anubhuti Matta

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