Diagnosing endometriosis can take years and requires surgery. Researchers say they are close to a solution.
, head of the laboratory of medicinal biochemistry and a professor in the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in New York.
"Endometriosis can only be definitively diagnosed through laparoscopic surgery, and that means a small camera is inserted into the abdominal cavity to look for endometriosis lesions," Metz said. "The suspected lesions that they find during this scoping procedure are removed and then analyzed for the presence of endometrial-like cells."
"Scientifically, it makes a lot of sense because the lesions that are found in the pelvic cavity contain the same cells that are found in menstrual blood," Metz said. "And we believe that if you were healthy, most of that tissue and material would be removed."at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research.
By collecting just a small amount of menstrual blood on the sponge and then analyzing it, Metz said they have been able to document differences in the menstrual blood of people with endometriosis.Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
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