Also, having sex, or undertaking intense exercise during menstruation can increase the risks of retrograde menstrual flow, which promotes the implantation of
endometrial tissue outside the uterus.
The endometrial tissue outside the uterus has nowhere to go but into the abdomen and pelvis.
Endometriosis, an estrogen - driven condition characterized by the growth of
endometrial tissue outside the uterus, has been associated with gut dysbiosis.
A condition resulting from the appearance of
endometrial tissue outside the uterus, which causes pelvic pain.
Just as the uterine lining sloughs off during your period, the same thing happens to
the endometrial tissue outside the uterus, but the blood has nowhere to go.
Not exact matches
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.
Endometriosis is the growth of
endometrial tissue in areas of a woman's body
outside the uterus.
The basic definition of endometriosis is having
endometrial tissue (the
tissue that normally lines the uterus)
outside of the uterus.
It occurs when
endometrial tissue that usually lines the uterus, is found
outside of it.