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| <p><small><font face="Arial"><b>Endometriosis is a painful, chronic disease that affects 5 | |
| 1/2 million women and girls in the USA and Canada, and millions more worldwide. It occurs | |
| when tissue like that which lines the uterus (tissue called the endometrium) is found | |
| outside the uterus -- usually in the abdomen on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, and | |
| ligaments that support the uterus; the area between the vagina and rectum; the outer | |
| surface of the uterus; and the lining of the pelvic cavity. Other sites for these | |
| endometrial growths may include the bladder, bowel, vagina, cervix, vulva, and in | |
| abdominal surgical scars. Less commonly they are found in the lung, arm, thigh, and other | |
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| <p align="left"><small><font face="Arial"><b>This misplaced tissue develops into growths | |
| or lesions which respond to the menstrual cycle in the same way that the tissue of the | |
| uterine lining does: each month the tissue builds up, breaks down, and sheds. Menstrual | |
| blood flows from the uterus and out of the body through the vagina, but the blood and | |
| tissue shed from endometrial growths has no way of leaving the body. This results in | |
| internal bleeding, breakdown of the blood and tissue from the lesions, and inflammation -- | |
| and can cause pain, infertility, scar tissue formation, adhesions, and bowel problems.</b></font></small></p> | |
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