How Does Your 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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Expert & Community Posts
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Health Guide
Stress Part 9: Can Bad For You Be Good For You?
...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 »Symptoms of the Swine Flu, Swine Flu Treatment Information
...respiratory conditions. People taking immune-system suppressing medication or who have autoimmune disease and immune system disorders and other conditions should be especially careful as well.The... Read more »Complementary and Alternative Medicine
...are going to be safe. We think of MS an autoimmune disease -- meaning that the body's military, or immune system, gets misdirected, and instead of attacking foreign invaders, like bacteria and... Read more »Pneumonia: Causes
...after the onset of flu symptoms. Pneumonia from S. aureus most often occurs in people with weakened immune systems, very young children, hospitalized patients, and drug abusers who use needles. It... Read more »Choosing an Allergy Doctor for Asthma Treatment
...allergies. Allergists or immunologists are internists and pediatricians, who have additional training in the immune system and special skills in evaluating and treating asthma and allergies. They... Read more »Images
Medications
... condition in which the body's defense system (immune system) fails to recognize the body... Read more »
...these conditions, the body's defense system (immune system) attacks healthy tissues.... Read more »
...MS, but it is thought to help by preventing your immune system from attacking the nerves in your... 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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