It occurs
when endometrial tissue that usually lines the uterus, is found outside of it.
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.
Not exact matches
In the 1920s, Johns Hopkins graduate and trained gynecologist John Sampson first coined the term «endometriosis» and proposed the idea that endometriosis resulted
when normal
endometrial tissue spilled out through the fallopian tubes into the abdominal cavity during menstruation.
Now estrogen is important because we need that
when it comes to certain
tissue like in the
endometrial lining, but progesterone is important to help that egg bond to the
endometrial lining and then essentially maturize into a grown baby.
According to the study authors,
tissue and fluid collected during a Pap test can detect
endometrial and ovarian cancer in women
when subjected to genetic testing.