@DrKaran11 months agoN. B important to note that this is an extremely small study with some methodological flaws. We cannot conclude things purely from this study at all. It. ...Expand7997
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@elizabethschellhammer833711 months agoAdmittedly i cried. The idea that they may be able to cure/treat it better in my lifetime is comforting. 6734
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@miket212010 months agoThe other breakthrough would that doctors not dismiss their patients when they complain of ab/pelvic pain as " just a bad period" or " over reacting" 511
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@carlyd193310 months agoI' m tearing up. I have pcos and/or endo. I wish they had these studies when i was a young girl. These means so much. 854
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@KnightSlasher11 months agoIt' s nice to know doctors admit they don' t know things rather have that happen than for someone to act like they know things and mess up on it. 11725
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@Sheriden.9 months agoAs a woman with endometriosis, it makes me sad that other animals have this. They dont understand. 122
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@Stop_Infanticide10 months agoI hope this takes off and bigger studies are funded! My younger sister has struggled with endometriosis and is the sweetest person ever. Praying that this breakthrough is just that, a breakthrough! 97
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@NikkiDoesStufff11 months agoMy mom had a total hysterectomy in her thirties because of endometriosis. Im glad to hear there is potential progress being made to help those who still suffer from it. 3415
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@maddd888310 months agoThey did a full hysterectomy on me at a super young age because they had no clue how to fix my pain and claimed it was the only treatment for endometriosis. ...Expand46
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@jessicahossaim58618 months agoThe poor mouse, but at least they may find a cure. I have been suffering with this for the last 20 years and suffer all kinds worse pms symptoms including. ...Expand132
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@Jen-zk9se11 months agoThe fact this is even being studied is a miracle in itself. 509
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@Punkini7 months agoI really hope these studies bear fruit! Im getting checked for suspected endo soon, and i know women who have it. Its such a horrible disorder. To have. ...Expand16
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@ItsYaBoiV10 months agoI' d just be happy if more doctors learned about endo in the first place. Can' t tell you how hard it' s been to find a doctor who even takes it seriously since my diagnoses. 24
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@laurenwood90847 months agoThis is exciting. I hope that doctors can learn how to treat endometriosis. It causes so much pain and infertility. 9
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@ellie203039 months agoI was diagnosed at 12 which is rare to get it that young. I luckily have no pain on birth control but my doctor said i needed to come off it at some point. Im glad that this could help a lot of women who are struggling. 20
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@danadecker485511 months agoI always love hearing when a women' s health issue is treated seriously. 742
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@ebonysilvrwhite74848 months agoOf course it' s only natural that i wouldn' t find this video until after i had already gotten all of my bits removed. 10
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@AstridB976 months agoThats so refreshing to see we might be onto something! Im an pt and a patient of mine has a lot of bladder affections along with endo so she has to id="hidden12"take antibiotics often and she noticed that it helps her symptoms everytime!. ...Expand5
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@ElleKay4Life10 months agoI can confirm that after 8 months of antibiotics for lyme disease my 20+ year endometriosis randomly went away. 2734
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@judew.587210 months agoDefinitely interesting and i' m going to be doing some checking different sources to learn more! i had endometriosis along with fibroids embedded. ...Expand3
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@RDLondon202310 months agoThese kind of researches should be above every priority lists ofstam cell research. 2
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@goawayimhigh11 months agoThis is huge, im glad theres at least some doctors that care about womens health. 1455
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@zainabmohamoud29317 months agoI really appreciate when you educate us about women issues! Thank you: 5
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@mackenziekarsonovich107310 months agoI had a friend in high school with this. Ill never forget one day she threw up and then literally passed out on the floor from the pain she was in. I id="hidden14"ve never seen somebody just drop like a sack of potatoes before it was very frightening. ...Expand3
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@misterid107510 months agoCouldnt be happier. Im a man but listening to women talk about how awful the condition is was eye opening. I had no idea the sheer scale of suffering from this. Anything to help these women out is amazing. 607
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@louisasevier10347 months agoThis is really interesting. My obgyn thinks i have endometriosis and adenomyosis, but i don' t have an official diagnosis because i don' t want to . ...Expand4
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@goosemomof671210 months agoIm so glad i started following you! Thank you for all you do! 2
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@homemanager172411 months agoI' m so glad you don' t treat women issues as something to. Keep at a distance. 561
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@Nomad222809 months agoWe are truly living in an awesome time for medical break throughs! 1
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@beautyallaround_11 months agoThis actually made me cry(happy tears) i have been struggling with endometriosis for years. And i have had multiple surgeries. It really has messed up so to hear they might actually have a cause is amazing to hear. Like finally, they have something. I really hope this is the case and that it works out in the human clinical trials. I am so excited to hear about it, so i will definitely be keeping tabs on the trials. ...Expand830
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@gingersnapps8 months agoI pray this is a breakthrough we need! I have been suffering for years with horrible endometriosis pain! I have tried everything possible to help relieve. ...Expand
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@dutchesshoneybunny546710 months agoThis is amazing news! I' ve had to have 2 surgeries because of this foolishness. Thank you so much for sharing! 1
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@emilybeecher158911 months agoIf i find out my endometriosis couldve been relieved by antibiotics im suing. 1044
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@peachesl87064 months agoThis is amazing news, for all the people suffering with this. If women can avoid surgery on these lesions and find relief if not a reversal of symptoms. ...Expand
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@jenniferproctor4394 months agoWow. That explains so much. While i don' t have endometriosis, i did have horrifically heavy and frequent periods with debilitating cramps, until i. ...Expand
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@m.jaquarius836510 months agoMy sister had it, and since we shared a room growing up, i remember seeing her sitting on the side of her bed, just sobbing and being in so much pain.. ...Expand488
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@FarayukiDiro9 months agoThank you doctor, please keep us updated with this issue! 1
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@gerwerken11 months agoThis is amazing. Endometriosis is debilitating. Any step toward a potential cure is a step in the right direction. 223
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@Observatories10 months agoI was diagnosed with endometriosis when i was 21. Thanks for this. 2
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@grossteilfahrer8 months agoFinally! This has been plaguing way too many women over time, and it is a horrible pain. I pray god bless the doctors to find this cure quickly.
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@m.patriciareyes620711 months agoAs an endometriosis patient, i can be thankful for any findings that will help so many of us, it even caused me to have a strong threat of premature menopause. ...Expand683
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@NoThankUBeQuiet10 months agoI don' t have endo but this is massive. Honestly the fact that any research is happening at all is amazing and makes me so happy. The fact that we may be getting closer to a cause is just icing on the cake. 2
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@sngray1110 months agoA treatment/cure for endometriosis would be a total game changer for so many women that have to endure the excruciating pain of endometriosis! 155
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@nafisaamiri818310 months agoThis is such a relief to hear. It truly feels like hope. This made me cry in happiness. Thank you for sharing this information and your knowledge.
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@amykyllo10 months agoThis made me cry. Thank you for sharing this.
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@ramz199611 months agoElated to see this breakthrough. Endometriosis is still a poorly understood conditon, and i' ve heard it takes an average of 6 to 7 years for women. ...Expand243
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@folacantube10 months agoOh my goodness this is so amazing! Im sick of this condition ruling my life. 1
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@cam-tv5rb10 months agoThank you so much for sharing this information! I' m not ashamed to say i cried! I can' t imagine experiencing actual relief in my lifetime. It has always felt like a dream until now.
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@calico_mojo11 months agoThere is also a geneticmy mom, her sister, and i participated in oxford' s study that identified some genetic markers. 440
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@brit3313 months agoOh my god this made me cry. Finally theyre doing research on women im so hopeful for everyone with endo that they can finally get some treatment and stop suffering with no answers.
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@LovelyScarlett_5 months agoI am so happy. I very nearly cried there. For years doctors have been telling me and my mother to just suck it up, or stay on birth control. I hate it.. ...Expand
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@fridayschild72211 months agoI have severe endometriosis along with pcos. I have had 2 surgeries so far, the first a laparoscopic surgery and then 10 years post that a myomectomy,. ...Expand134
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@alltextures32239 months agoThis is good to know thanks doc for always making time to teach us about many things.
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@bree5545 months agoEven female doctors think women with pcos or endometriosis are faking for attention. Women' s health besides pregnancy and giving birth needs to be. ...Expand1
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@Namoraslife10 months agoImagine you suffer from a bacterial infection which could simply be cured by antibiotics, but because it only affects women, we' re gaslight into " it' s . ...Expand42
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@princ3sstofu9 months agoThis would be amazing for many people!
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@xAlbinopiratex3 months agoI haven' t been able to work since 2010, when i was just 21 years old, due to endometriosis! this could be massive for people like me! i hope this leads somewhere, because a lot of us have just given up on ever being fully functioning and/or pain free ever again (i have other serious health conditions, so this wouldn' t leave me pain free, but it would be a huge step in the right direction!. ...Expand
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@TheresaK7111 months agoDespite this being a small study this made me cry because people are actually doing the work to find out why we suffer so much, there may be treatments and preventions in future! Amazing! 71
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@crystalgreco56997 months agoThank you so much dr. This helps so many women!
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@savonnae.724610 months agoI was diagnosed at age 16 with endometriosis. It truly was hell. I hope that they can isolate with certainty the cause so one day soon no one with a period. ...Expand46
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@pupsap77146 months agoThis is so exciting! Unbelievable how there are scoentists out there actually trying to help women. We' re used to just thugging it out.
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@lisadoes11 months agoI surely hope this leads to research that results in effective treatments for endometriosis. Severe endometriosis is hell. 74
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@ohandanotheronebitesthedus62478 months agoMost docs know alot of treatments and they have studied their entire life meaning they can come up with solutions but if its isnt in the brittish medical journal then theyre struck off for actually helping people. 1
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@laurice80567 months agoThanks for sharing! This is groundbreaking news that may help millions of women! ive also long suspected that long term use of tampons, and id="hidden35"other barriers that cover the cervix or block discharge and absorb blood in the vaginal cavity can eventually lead to endometriosis. but im sure that if studies have proven this theory, the manufacturers of these products probably wont voluntarily admit it, or alert women. if its true product recalls may not necessarily be required. But they should at least acknowledge it and provide full disclosure and warnings to consumers, patients and doctors. ...Expand
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@L3M0N.5UG4R11 months agoI was just thinking like ten minutes ago how i wished there was more effective treatment and knowledge about endometriosis. This gives me hope. 171
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@magnolia316118 months agoOh man! I hope they do many more studies exploring this, and that it yields positive results! I know so many women suffer in so many ways because of endometriosis,. ...Expand
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@ThisSideoftheNuthouse10 months agoI am crying. I had so many problems with my uterus, i ended up in a hysterectomy. If this works, my daughters will have help if they end up like me. I really hope that this is the break though that everyone needs. 19
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@jeanneratterman9 months agoYou bring to light so many helpful medical bites. Thank you!
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@EmilyJelassi10 months agoWow! This is fantastic for everyone suffering with.
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@HWolfe10 months agoI suffered tremendously with it in my 20' s through my 40' s. Surgeries etc. My life was a hell hole. Bless women that they can have a cure. 42
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@whocares173910 months agoThats awesome thank you for getting this out there for all the women suffering.
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@chanticleer071411 months agoThis is amazinglike, thank you for keeping us up to date on good news like this! 23
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@ranjana8436 months agoOh my dear god! Tears of relief. Years of suffering with the diseases.
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@Shellyshocked5 months agoI was told for years that my pain was in my head, and i was just drug seaking. After years of suffering, i finally had a doctor believe me. She did a laparoscopy. ...Expand1
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@swetalinadatta149511 months agoThis isbeen dealing with this aggressive, horrible disease for a long time now, with back to back sugeries, glad to know that there might be something to alleviate the pain. Please keep us updated. 69
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@Brambrew8 months ago" idiopathic" aka " medicine is decades behind in researching female anatomy because ' lol she' s just beingwas a legitimate diagnosis until 1980. " 2
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@debjanidutta55055 months agoThis information has given me some hope! I have been suffering from endometriosis for past 5 years and am on and off hormonal peels to manage the pain. I don' t like being on hormones.
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@samb596310 months agoHoly fuck i' m crying, oh god please, please let this work, i' m begging. 39
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@dphandkins992510 months agoI wish this research was around 9 years ago. I would have signed up for the trial.
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@jennj34527 months agoVery interesting find! I hope the trial goes well and leads to better things.
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@melissareid64011 months agoWow i had a hysterectomy because of this. Another treatment options for younger women would be amazing! 22
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@paramoreparks99607 months agoThis is amazing! I love research. Let' s do more.
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@theloraks10 months agoI' ve fortunately never had this issue personally but i am aware of how excruciating this can be for so many of us. This is truly a miracle. Please. ...Expand
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@alexaescarez114810 months agoLast week i attended a symposium exactly on endometriosis and the fact that us medical professionals cant always be of help (specifically with diseases. ...Expand17
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@Daymickey10 months agoYesss! Omg please let the treatment work lord and let it be affordable and accessible to all!
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@SwedePotato3147 months agoThank god. Genuinely thank you to all the doctors and researchers who took part in all of these studies and research to find this out. I only hope that. ...Expand
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@rockingbalboa602511 months agoWow! I have friends one of whom had some of the most god awful pain i have ever seen because of endometriosis. I hope treatment for this can really help her. 25
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@kelicajohnston999010 months agoVery important discovery. I pray that this ends up being the proper treatment. I suffered from endometriosis and had to have a total hysterectomy. Before. ...Expand
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@charlievetta13855 months agoBless you sir. Thanks u for sharing. Its so heart warming to hear a man speak passionately about womens health. Makes me cry.
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@m0mmyluver178 months agoI absolutely love when we get breakthroughs in science.
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@BrainError11 months agoThat' s amazing. I know so many who suffer badly from this. I really hope the trials will be successful. 12
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@nisfornightowl_8 months agoOmg that' s amazing really hope they find something that helps or even cures. It' s always great to see new research like this.
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@laurenperdueschriefer39818 months agoThis is great news. Endometriosis runs in my family. It was so bad in high school i would pass out from pain while sitting in class. Students were told. ...Expand
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@stu_pot11 months agoReally praying the antibiotics are successful, awaiting a laparoscopy to confirm my suspicion of endometriosis because its such a painful and debilitating condition to live with. 13
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@ginnyjollykidd8 months agoEndometriosis is such a severe and devastating illness! I' m glad to see it has possible antibiotic treatment! Keep us posted!
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@angel_existential10 months agoIncredible! This could change the lives of millions of women!
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@2222harrys11 months agoThis is so amazing. The fact the found the common cause for it and was able to prove it in mice is good. Human trails on the way so fast too. I mean theres m hopefully it can be treated for most women and they dont have to have surgeries or having to have their uterus removed. ...Expand131
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