Periods and endometriosis: what is the role of the microbiota?
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Painful, complex and often undiagnosed, endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disease affecting one in every 10 women of reproductive age1.
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Actively supporting this worldwide campaign since 2021, Biocodex Microbiota Institute keeps on exploring the link between the microbiota and endometriosis. Can the vaginal microbiota be used as a tool for predicting the severity of the disease? What about the gut microbiota? Is the vaginal microbiota to blame for painful periods? All your questions answered here.
On this occasion, the Institute sheds the lights on a little-known topic: periods and endometriosis. Do gut and vaginal microbiota play a role in it?
A bacterium to blame for endometriosis?
A bacterium to blame for endometriosis?
Painful periods and endometriosis: is the microbiota to blame?
Is the vaginal microbiota to blame for painful periods?
Can the vaginal microbiota be used as a tool for predicting the severity of endometriosis?
The vaginal microbiota
Diagnosing endometriosis: can the microbiota help?
The experts' point of view
Endometriosis and microbiota: is there a link?
Periods & vaginal microbiota: Science in progress…
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