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Re: child sexual abuse and endometriosis

From: clare (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Apr 9 15:45:11 2002

Hi Anna:

i am very sorry about what happened to you.

I have done extensive reading, and I have never seen anything credible supporting such a theory! Endometriosis is a physical condition in which your uterine lining grows outside of the uterus. I have seen many studies attempting to determine the cause of endo, but I have never seen one suggesting a relationship to childhood sexual abuse.

There are some theories that abuse may contribute to pelvic pain, or to the pain perceptors (makes you feel pain more), but no, I don't think that there is even one documented case of endo being caused by abuse.

If someone is telling you this, I really think that they are mistaken. Best wishes.

At Mon, 8 Apr 2002, anna wrote: >
>hi. i have heard that a lot of times endometriosis can be caused due to
>child sexual abuse. i was abused when i was a child and i am trying to
>find out it there is any relation. does anyone know anything in regards
>to this??

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