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Article: Endometriosis at menopause.
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- A Friend Indeed
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, many of you may remember reading about endometriosis as the Career Woman's Disease. It was so called because it supposedly only affected childless women in their 30s. Today we know so much more. Endometriosis is now classified as a hormonal and immune-system disease that can affect females from childhood well into old age. In endometriosis, tissue that lines the uterus (endometrium) is found outside the uterus in other areas of the body such as the ovaries, bladder, rectum and intestines. Every month this tissue builds up and sheds during the menstrual cycle, developing into growths or implants that can cause pain. Many women diagnosed ...
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