Endometriosis Inflammation: Why This Disease May Affect More Than Your Pelvis
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Endometriosis Inflammation: Why This Disease May Affect More Than Your Pelvis

C1AdvancedAugust 11, 202629 min
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Endometriosis inflammation may have implications far beyond pelvic pain, including associations with cardiovascular disease, autoimmune conditions, and long-term health risks. In this episode of The Dr. Brighten Show, Dr. Jolene Brighten explains what the research actually shows, why a normal CRP doesn’t necessarily rule out inflammation, and what women and clinicians should understand about endometriosis as a whole-body disease. View the complete show notes at Dr. Brighten: https://drbrighten.com/podcasts/endometriosis-inflammation/ Pre-order ADHD and Women by Dr. Jolene Brighten and discover how hormones shape focus, motivation, executive function, and emotional regulation ⁠⁠http://drbrighten.com/adhdandwomen What...

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What if I told you that one of the most common diseases affecting women isn't just causing pelvic pain? Hi, meow. My new dog is making a podcast appearance. So this condition is quietly increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. It's increasing the risk of autoimmune disease, chronic pain syndrome, and even certain ovarian cancers.

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And here's the thing about this disease. Medicine has been thinking about it all wrong for decades. So endometriosis has been taught as a condition where tissue that looks like the lining of the uterus grows outside of the uterus. Adenomyosis has been described as the same tissue growing into the muscle wall of the uterus. And let's be real, some doctors still say like,

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oh, it's just your period. It's just the endometrial lining that's migrating throughout your body. Now, while these original definitions are anatomically true, this is biologically incomplete. So the lesions are not the only aspect of the disease. There are consequences of the disease. And if we only focus on removing lesions or suppressing symptoms, we're missing the really

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