Texas: Up to 15 per cent of American women of reproductive age have endometriosis, which can cause infertility, menstrual cramps, and pelvic pain. Endometriosis is when tissue that resembles the lining of the womb grows outside of the uterus. This growth could cause pain and other symptoms if it expands and bleeds.
"Endometriosis depends on estrogen, a hormone well known for regulating a woman's reproductive functions. Estrogen also affects other organs such as the heart and blood vessels, bones, breasts, skin, hair, mucous membranes, pelvic muscles and the brain," said corresponding author Dr Sang Jun Han, associate professor of molecular and cellular biology and in the Center for Reproductive Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
