Innate Immune System
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
Modern Living & Our Immune System
By Kathleen MacNaughton , Health Expert...allergies and allergic asthma are all disorders of the immune system. Our immune system is... Read more »
The Link Between Acid Reflux and Asthma Discovered
By Tracy Davenport , Health Expert...stomach fluid, then changes were made in the mice's immune systems that appear to be associated... Read more »
Using Water to Boost the Immune System
By Allison Janse , Health Expert...Danube River. The exposure to cold water bolstered his immune system, forcing his tuberculosis... Read more »
Skin Cancer, Medications and Medical Conditions
By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD , Health Expert...multiple medications to prevent his/her body and immune system from rejecting the transplanted... Read more »
Hookworms... Good News/Bad News for Allergy Sufferers
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Health Guide
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Causes
...blood pressure Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) Iron deficiency anemia A number of studies have found immune system irregularities in chronic fatigue syndrome patients. A particularly promising... Read more »Fatigue: Rheumatoid Arthritis's Inconvenient Truth Comic
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...lasts for years, sometimes for life.Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks itself. The pattern of joints affected is usually symmetrical, involves... Read more »Immune response
Innate immunity; Humoral immunity; Cellular immunity; Immunity; Inflammatory response; Acquired (adaptive) immunity Read more »Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Causes
...called autoantibodies, attack the person's own cells. Some autoantibodies are normal in a well-balanced immune system, and serve various roles to help the body dispose of wastes, protect from... Read more »Images
Medications
...corticosteroid hormone (glucocorticoid). It decreases your immune system's response to various... Read more »
...MS, but it is thought to help by preventing your immune system from attacking the nerves in your... Read more »
...corticosteroid hormone (glucocorticoid). It decreases your immune system's response to... Read more »
...these conditions, the body's defense system (immune system) attacks healthy tissues.... Read more »
...corticosteroid hormone (glucocorticoid). It decreases your immune system's response to various... Read more »
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