Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease that’s affected by hormones but is not caused by hormones. Instead, endometriosis is, at least in part, a disease of immune dysfunction.
In this episode, Lara discusses some of the new endometriosis research including:
- the link with genes that increase the risk of autoimmune disease
- the role of a bacterial toxin called lipopolysaccharide or LPS, and
- new targets for natural immune-modulating treatment.
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03/20/22 • 12 min
Lara Briden's Podcast - Endometriosis is a disease of immune dysfunction
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Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease that’s affected by hormones but is not caused by hormones. Instead, endometriosis is, at least in part, a disease of immune dysfunction.
Welcome back to the podcast. I’m your host Lara Briden, a naturopathic doctor and author of the books period repair manual and hormone repair manual. And this episode is about a disease I thought I already knew quite a lot about. After all, I’ve treated endometriosis for 25 years and written about it on my bl
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