2023-05-23 15:30:03
Endometriosis: research finally mobilized
One in ten menstruating women is affected by endometriosis, and yet there is still no cure for this debilitating disease, the average time for diagnosis of which is ten years.
Concretely, endometriosis is characterized by the presence of endometrial cells which migrate abnormally, during the menstrual cycle, towards the genital organs (ovaries or vagina) and sometimes the rectum, the colon, the bladder…
Problem: these endometrial cells behave exactly the same way as if they were located in the uterus. During each cycle, they will multiply, trigger an inflammatory reaction responsible for intense pelvic pain, even bleeding, but without being destroyed at the time of menstruation. Women report pain comparable to “birth without epidural”.
At the 15ᵉ world congress on endometriosis, in early May in Edinburgh, promising work was presented. More details in Nathalie Brafman’s article:
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