Sentences with phrase «endometrial tissue inside»

Normally, endometrial tissue inside the uterus builds and swells with blood through the cycle to prepare for a fertilized egg (read: pregnancy).

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Endometriosis is one of the most common gynecological problems affecting an estimated 5.5 million women in North America, but this condition may occur at a subclinical level in half of all women following the Western diet, as discovered by autopsy.1 This disease occurs when the endometrial tissues lining the inside of the uterus spread outside of the uterus and become attached to the ovaries, fallopian tubes, the bowels and other internal abdominal parts.