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Re: Endometriosis--is it an autoimmune disease? From: Joanne Bulley (islesannie@yahoo.com) Wed Nov 29 21:52:27 2000 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: freda seddon: "Nitroglyerine Protocol" Previous message: Sanae_Nagano@ntsgw.fukuyama.nkk.co.jp: "Re: nitroglycerine protocol for tocolylitic rx" In reply to: Karen Danielson: "Endometriosis--is it an autoimmune disease?" Next in thread: Griffiths Malcolm: "Re: Endometriosis--is it an autoimmune disease?" Paul - I agree we have no "hard" evidence - but it "makes sense" - that something with the immune system allows the metaplasia of normal peritoneum into endometrium. Persoanl Anecdote: I had my L/S TL in 1987 - no endometriosis and no problems conceiving in 1982 & 1984. Then at my hyst in September 1995 for disabling ovulatory RLQ pain and dysmenorrhea (usually took 2400mg ibuprofen in 3 doses over 2 hours to quiet the pain down enough to get out of a fetal position) I had endometriosis gluing the R ovary to the R fundus... I also was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in the spring of 1996. Coincidental - or associated by autoimmune phenomena? If anyone has any ideas on studies to do to make a stab at correlation, I'd be delighted to donate my blood to the cause - and get my name on the report! :) Joanne At Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Paul Prior MD wrote: > >If your student has discovered the "cause" of endometriosis, I would >suggest she forward her credentials to Geneva, so that her Nobel Prize >might be awarded in the coming year. > >Certainly a theory, amongst many others. > >-- >Paul Prior MD -- Joanne Bulley, MD, FACOG Keene, NH, USA Take time to smell the roses. Next message: freda seddon: "Nitroglyerine Protocol" Previous message: Sanae_Nagano@ntsgw.fukuyama.nkk.co.jp: "Re: nitroglycerine protocol for tocolylitic rx" In reply to: Karen Danielson: "Endometriosis--is it an autoimmune disease?" Next in thread: Griffiths Malcolm: "Re: Endometriosis--is it an autoimmune disease?"

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