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Endometriosis is an interesting disease
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In the absolute worst-case stages of the disease, lesions can form deep fibrotic adhesions that tether organs to each other: the bladder fused to the uterus, the bowel glued to the pelvic wall, the ovaries fixed in unnatural positions. In the latter cases, usually for endometriosis that is either resistant to hormonal therapy or has progressed to the point of causing anatomical distortion, organ dysfunction, or intolerable pain, direct surgical intervention is used. A 2014 study answers this question, albeit limited to a specific region in Italy, by actively searching for endometriosis in a sample of 2,000 premenopausal women who had visited a GP for non-gynecological reasons.
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