• Neuron@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    This is a really interesting finding. There’s precedence too. Pelvic inflammatory disease, classically caused by sexually transmitted bacterial infections like chlamydia or gonorrhea, is associated with a higher risk of developing endometriosis. There also does appear to be a genetic component, but that might have to do with determining how your body responds to infections in a way that’s more likely to cause endometriosis. Hopefully finding this new bacterial association can lead to more treatment options.

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    That would be an interesting shake-up to the current models of endometriosis. Seems like it would warrant an examination of total intestinal and genitourinary microbiome in people with anemd without endometriosis.