How Does The Immune System Work
Health Encyclopedia: Endometriosis Causes
Causes
Endometriosis occurs among women all over the world, but researchers have been unable to determine its cause. A combination of genetic, biologic, and environmental factors appear to work together to trigger the initial process, to produce implantation, and to trigger subsequent reseeding and spreading of the implants.
Initial Cause and Distribution of Endometriosis
Retrograde Menstruation. One explanation for the development of endometriosis implants involves retrograde menstruation. This oc...
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...mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Stress is a common factor that packs a powerful punch on all of our immune systems. Learning to find ways to help manage our day-to–day pressures is essential... Read more »Causes of Cardiac Enlargement
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...present danger in the here and now. If your brain doesn’t cave in under the strain, maybe your heart or immune system will. When a fire is raging in the brain, when the entire infrastructure of... Read more »Scleroderma: Causes
...disease process leading to scleroderma appears to occur as an autoimmune response, where an abnormal immune system attacks the body itself. In scleroderma, this response produces inflammation... Read more »Images
Medications
...MS, but it is thought to help by preventing your immune system from attacking the nerves in your... Read more »
...these conditions, the body's defense system (immune system) attacks healthy tissues.... Read more »
... condition in which the body's defense system (immune system) fails to recognize the body... Read more »
...children over 12 years of age. It works by blocking your immune system's natural response to... Read more »
...types of cancer. It is a chemotherapy drug that works by slowing or stopping cell ... Read more »
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