About six to 10% of women in their reproductive years are diagnosed with endometriosis which is a common gynecological disease. Some warning signs indicating you might have this disease are chronic pelvic pain, painful periods and serious fertility problems that may occur in some women. When cells that are like the lining of the womb are found elsewhere in the body this condition occurs.
Hormones stimulate the endometriosis during the monthly cycle ,causing it to grow then break down and bleed and this leads to inflammation, pain and scar tissue. A procedure called a laparoscope is the way endometriosis is diagnosed using a general anesthetic .Hormonal drugs which can have side effects and surgery are the current treatments for this disease but now Dr Stephen Kennedy, senior author of the study and head of Nuffield department of obstetrics and gynecology at Oxford, said this could now change and lead to more effective treatments and diagnosis.
Two genetic variants have been identified that increase the risk of women developing this disease and can provide clues why endometriosis occurs according to the researchers that were involved in the study. Less invasive methods of diagnosis are being developed as the result of these studies.
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