Endometriosis
Are rates on the rise?
- Causes: (Begany, 1997)
- changing patterns of menstruation
- women today have delayed childbirth until their 30s and 40s, meaning they have more periods, which leads to a greater chance for endometrial tissue to migrate through the fallopian tubes
- greater awareness leads to more diagnosis
- environmental toxin dioxin exposure is thought to increase endometriosis occurrences