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Endometriosis
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Gynecological
Moderate
Severity
Common — affects approximately 10% of women of reproductive age worldwide
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1The exact cause is not fully understood
- 2but leading theories include retrograde menstruation
- 3where menstrual blood flows backward through the fallopian tubes into the pelvic cavity
- 4as well as immune system dysfunction
- 5hormonal factors
- 6and genetic predisposition. Risk factors include a family history of endometriosis
- 7early onset of menstruation
- 8short menstrual cycles
- 9and never having given birth. Estrogen is known to promote the growth and persistence of the misplaced endometrial-like tissue.
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