You know the feeling you get when you learn something new about a health problem you've

been trying to reverse?

Maybe high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease?

Well, there's nothing I like better than bringing you the information that will help you

do just that.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

There are a variety of unique health issues that women face that affect their quality of

life.

Today we start with one way to treat one of the most debilitating diseases that women face

endometriosis.

Endometriosis is a major cause of disability and compromised quality of life among women.

A chronic disease, which is underdiagnose, underreported, under researched, for patients

it can be a nightmare of misinformation myths to booze lack of diagnosis and problematic

hidden mistreatments overlaid by a painful chronic stubborn disease.

Pain is what best characterizes the disease pain, painful intercourse, heavy irregular periods

and infertility.

About one dozen young women suffer and it counts for about half the cases of pelvic pain

and infertility.

It's caused by what's called retrograde menstruation.

Instead of the blood going down, it goes up into the abdominal cavity, where bleeding

tissue of the uterine lining can implant onto other organs.

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