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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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Avoiding endocarditis prophylaxis at your next dental appointment

By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

...bleeding and expose the circulation to bacteria. The immune system will usually destroy or... Read more »

Lovaxin B Breast Cancer Vaccine? Wait and See

By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...killer T cells, the knights in shining armor of our immune system. Without getting TOO... Read more »

Smoking is a starting point for COPD, stroke, lung cancer, heart disease

By David Kaufman, M.D. , Health Expert

...of the danger from smoking results from a weakened immune system, which makes the body more... Read more »

How Does HIV/AIDS Dementia Differ from Alzheimer's?

By Christine Kennard , Health Expert

...immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It attacks the body's immune system making the person affected... Read more »

Nutrition for Children in Cancer Treatment

By Amy Thomas , Health Expert

...hearts beat), and they serve as antibodies in our immune system defending the body from... Read more »

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STD Symptoms

...treatment or cure now exists is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a fatal viral infection of the immune system. Major Types Diseases that can be transmitted sexually are: Acquired... Read more »

Pneumonia: Prognosis

...Pneumonia poses a special hazard for pregnant women, possibly due to changes in a pregnant woman's immune system. It is a leading cause of a mother's death.Patients With Impaired Immune Systems.... Read more »

Type 1 Diabetes: Transplantation Procedures

...insulin.Specific drugs, such as tacrolimus, sirolimus, or rapamycin (Rapamume), are used to suppress the immune system. (Unlike immunosuppressant drugs used in other transplantation procedures,... Read more »

Hodgkin's Disease: Introduction

...Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.]The lymphatic system filters fluid from around cells. It is an important part of the immune system. When people refer to swollen glands in the neck, they are usually... Read more »

Multiple Sclerosis: The Autoimmune Disease Process

...as an autoimmune disease. The general theory for the development of MS is that a genetically damaged immune system is unable to distinguish between virus proteins and the bodys own myelin and so... Read more »

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