Endometriosis: When Uterine Tissue Goes Rogue

While period cramps are never fun, they can actually be debilitating for those with endometriosis - a disease where rogue uterine tissue turns up in places that it doesn’t belong. Like in other areas of the pelvis… or even in the lungs or the brain. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:   / scishow   ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, KatieMarie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Avi Yashchin, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, charles george, Greg ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook:   / scishow   Twitter:   / scishow   Tumblr:   / scishow   Instagram:   / thescishow   ---------- Sources: https://www.yourperiod.ca/normal-peri... https://qz.com/611774/period-pain-can... https://cgr.mit.edu/ (including speaking to the scientific director Professor Linda Griffith) https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-c... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://medlineplus.gov/endometriosis... https://srh.bmj.com/content/41/3/225 (on lived experiences) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1... https://www.cell.com/trends/endocrino... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/201... https://obgyn.msu.edu/research/resear... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.endofound.org/sampsons-th... https://www.hormone.org/your-health-a... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.britannica.com/science/me...