Updated 1/2024. Amy and Brittany talk about

—some of the roles that estrogen can play in endometriosis

—why mouse endometriosis models are problematic

—myths that everyone with endometriosis is estrogen dominant or that medical or natural menopause will treat the disease

🔗RESOURCES🔗

For clickable links to the resources below, go to www.insixteenyears.com/episode55

🔗Bulun SE, Monsavais D, Pavone ME, et al. Role of estrogen receptor-β in endometriosis. Semin Reprod Med. 2012;30(1):39-45. doi:10.1055/s-0031-1299596

🔗Serdar E Bulun, Bahar D Yilmaz, Christia Sison, Kaoru Miyazaki, Lia Bernardi, Shimeng Liu, Amanda Kohlmeier, Ping Yin, Magdy Milad, JianJun Wei, Endometriosis, Endocrine Reviews, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2019, Pages 1048–1079, https://doi.org/10.1210/er.2018-00242

🔗Endometriosis in Males – By Wendy Bingham from ExtraPelvic Not Rare

🔗Helpful table about hormonal balance symptoms – A list of the functions of estrogen in the body and symptoms of high or low estrogen

🔗Endometriosis persisting after hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy: Removing the disease, not organs, is key to long-term relief – Article from Endopaedia.info

🔗Reason Why Hormone Therapy Alone Cannot Cure Endometriosis Uncovered – Quick summary of a research article on hormone receptors

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