Autoimmune disease more likely with endometriosis

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For the ladies, on a subject we have discussed before.

> Autoimmune disease more likely with endometriosis

> http://www.4woman.org/nwhic/News/2002/02Feb27-2.htm

>

> Feb 26, 2002

> By Kathleen Doheny

> Reuters Health

>

> SAN DIEGO - Women with endometriosis, in which tissue normally found

inside

> the uterus begins to grow elsewhere in the body, are more likely than

women

> without the condition to suffer from autoimmune diseases such as

rheumatoid

> arthritis or lupus, according to survey findings presented here Monday.

>

> The researchers found that women with endometriosis were also more likely

to

> have asthma and allergies, to have abnormally low thyroid function and to

> have either chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia, National Institutes

of

> Health research fellow Ninet Sinaii reported at the VIII World Congress on

> Endometriosis, sponsored by the American Society for Reproductive

Medicine.

>

> " While other studies have shown there may be some autoimmune dysregulation

> in women with endometriosis, this is probably the first population-based,

> epidemiological study " to look at the issue, Sinaii said.

>

> Sinaii and colleagues from the NIH and Washington University in

> Washington, DC, polled 3,680 women with surgically diagnosed

endometriosis,

> asking them if they had ever been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder,

an

> endocrine disorder, allergies, asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome or

> fibromyalgia. The women ranged in age from 14 to 89, and their average age

> was about 36.

>

> " The thing that gives this study statistical power is the sample size, "

> Sinaii noted. " Our hypothesis was, if so many studies have shown

autoimmune

> dysregulation (in women with endometriosis), it makes sense that we would

> also see other autoimmune diseases. "

>

> The team speculated that the fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue they found

> among the survey respondents might be related to the pain caused by

> endometriosis. More than 98% of the women surveyed reported pelvic pain,

and

> 41% reported infertility.

>

> The results: 12% of the women surveyed also had an autoimmune disorder

such

> as lupus or multiple sclerosis, while less than 2% of women in the general

> population have either disease. And 42% of the women with endometriosis

had

> underactive thyroid glands, versus less than 5% of women in the general

> population. Asthma affected 12% of the women with endometriosis, but

strikes

> only 5% of women overall. Sixty-one percent of the endometriosis patients

> suffered from allergies, versus 18% of women overall.

>

> Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, though not considered

autoimmune

> diseases, were also more common among women with endometriosis; 31% had

> either condition, while 4% of women overall have fibromyalgia and less

than

> 1% have chronic fatigue syndrome.

>

> More than 5 million women in the US and Canada have endometriosis,

according

> to the Endometriosis Association, a Milwaukee-based nonprofit research and

> education organization that supported the research. When the tissue begins

> growing outside its normal site, for example along the fallopian tubes,

> there can be chronic pelvic pain, disabling menstrual periods, pain during

> sex, and infertility. Treatments include surgery, hormones and pain

> medicines.

>

>

> Copyright © 2002 Reuters Limited

[Guest guest]

I don't think I've been following the discussion, but I have read where

an AP-like therapy has been used for endometriosis.

On Friday, March 8, 2002, at 12:08 PM, Liz G. wrote:

> For the ladies, on a subject we have discussed before.

>

>

>> Autoimmune disease more likely with endometriosis

>> http://www.4woman.org/nwhic/News/2002/02Feb27-2.htm

>>

>> Feb 26, 2002

>> By Kathleen Doheny

>> Reuters Health

>>

>> SAN DIEGO - Women with endometriosis, in which tissue normally found

> inside

>> the uterus begins to grow elsewhere in the body, are more likely than

> women

>> without the condition to suffer from autoimmune diseases such as

> rheumatoid

>> arthritis or lupus, according to survey findings presented here Monday.

>>

>> The researchers found that women with endometriosis were also more

>> likely

> to

>> have asthma and allergies, to have abnormally low thyroid function and

>> to

>> have either chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia, National

>> Institutes

> of

>> Health research fellow Ninet Sinaii reported at the VIII World

>> Congress on

>> Endometriosis, sponsored by the American Society for Reproductive

> Medicine.

>>

>> " While other studies have shown there may be some autoimmune

>> dysregulation

>> in women with endometriosis, this is probably the first

>> population-based,

>> epidemiological study " to look at the issue, Sinaii said.

>>

>> Sinaii and colleagues from the NIH and Washington University in

>> Washington, DC, polled 3,680 women with surgically diagnosed

> endometriosis,

>> asking them if they had ever been diagnosed with an autoimmune

>> disorder,

> an

>> endocrine disorder, allergies, asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome or

>> fibromyalgia. The women ranged in age from 14 to 89, and their average

>> age

>> was about 36.

>>

>> " The thing that gives this study statistical power is the sample size, "

>> Sinaii noted. " Our hypothesis was, if so many studies have shown

> autoimmune

>> dysregulation (in women with endometriosis), it makes sense that we

>> would

>> also see other autoimmune diseases. "

>>

>> The team speculated that the fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue they

>> found

>> among the survey respondents might be related to the pain caused by

>> endometriosis. More than 98% of the women surveyed reported pelvic

>> pain,

> and

>> 41% reported infertility.

>>

>> The results: 12% of the women surveyed also had an autoimmune disorder

> such

>> as lupus or multiple sclerosis, while less than 2% of women in the

>> general

>> population have either disease. And 42% of the women with endometriosis

> had

>> underactive thyroid glands, versus less than 5% of women in the general

>> population. Asthma affected 12% of the women with endometriosis, but

> strikes

>> only 5% of women overall. Sixty-one percent of the endometriosis

>> patients

>> suffered from allergies, versus 18% of women overall.

>>

>> Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, though not considered

> autoimmune

>> diseases, were also more common among women with endometriosis; 31% had

>> either condition, while 4% of women overall have fibromyalgia and less

> than

>> 1% have chronic fatigue syndrome.

>>

>> More than 5 million women in the US and Canada have endometriosis,

> according

>> to the Endometriosis Association, a Milwaukee-based nonprofit research

>> and

>> education organization that supported the research. When the tissue

>> begins

>> growing outside its normal site, for example along the fallopian tubes,

>> there can be chronic pelvic pain, disabling menstrual periods, pain

>> during

>> sex, and infertility. Treatments include surgery, hormones and pain

>> medicines.

>>

>>

>> Copyright © 2002 Reuters Limited

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Autoimmune disease more likely with endometriosis

By Kathleen Doheny

SAN DIEGO, Feb 26 (Reuters Health) - Women with endometriosis, in which tissue

normally found inside the uterus begins to grow elsewhere in the body, are more

likely than women without the condition to suffer from autoimmune diseases such

as rheumatoid arthritis or lupus, according to survey findings presented here

Monday.

The researchers found that women with endometriosis were also more likely to

have asthma and allergies, to have abnormally low thyroid function and to have

either chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia, National Institutes of Health

research fellow Ninet Sinaii reported at the VIII World Congress on

Endometriosis, sponsored by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

" While other studies have shown there may be some autoimmune dysregulation in

women with endometriosis, this is probably the first population-based,

epidemiological study " to look at the issue, Sinaii said.

Sinaii and colleagues from the NIH and Washington University in

Washington, DC, polled 3,680 women with surgically diagnosed endometriosis,

asking them if they had ever been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder, an

endocrine disorder, allergies, asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia.

The women ranged in age from 14 to 89, and their average age was about 36.

" The thing that gives this study statistical power is the sample size, " Sinaii

noted. " Our hypothesis was, if so many studies have shown autoimmune

dysregulation (in women with endometriosis), it makes sense that we would also

see other autoimmune diseases. "

The team speculated that the fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue they found among

the survey respondents might be related to the pain caused by endometriosis.

More than 98% of the women surveyed reported pelvic pain, and 41% reported

infertility.

The results: 12% of the women surveyed also had an autoimmune disorder such as

lupus or multiple sclerosis, while less than 2% of women in the general

population have either disease. And 42% of the women with endometriosis had

underactive thyroid glands, versus less than 5% of women in the general

population. Asthma affected 12% of the women with endometriosis, but strikes

only 5% of women overall. Sixty-one percent of the endometriosis patients

suffered from allergies, versus 18% of women overall.

Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, though not considered autoimmune

diseases, were also more common among women with endometriosis; 31% had either

condition, while 4% of women overall have fibromyalgia and less than 1% have

chronic fatigue syndrome.

More than 5 million women in the US and Canada have endometriosis, according to

the Endometriosis Association, a Milwaukee-based nonprofit research and

education organization that supported the research. When the tissue begins

growing outside its normal site, for example along the fallopian tubes, there

can be chronic pelvic pain, disabling menstrual periods, pain during sex, and

infertility. Treatments include surgery, hormones and pain medicines.