Endometriosis is a painful chronic condition that affects up to ten per cent of women. Now scientists in the US believe they may be close to a cure.
Cramps, heavy bleeds, bloating, pain during sex and even infertility – endometriosis is a horrendous condition.
“How healthy your gut is affects your disease burden,” said principal investigator Ramakrishna Kommagani, PhD, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University’s Center for Reproductive Health Sciences. The team believes that metronidazole will help tackle the condition in humans too and are putting together a clinical trial with sufferers.Endometriosis is a condition whereby womb lining grows outside the womb in other places in a woman’s abdomen, such as on the ovaries, bowels and fallopian tubes, but has no way of shedding each month and so builds up, leading to swelling and pain.
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