United States: A new study from the United States which also says that women and the young girls also with certain types of health conditions, just like endometriosis or growths in their uterus, have a slightly higher risk of dying before the age of seventy years.
Endometriosis is a condition where the tissue, which is very much resembles to the lining of the uterus, grows outside the womb. Around 1 in 10 women worldwide have this disease. The study found that women with these conditions are more likely to face health problems that could affect their life expectancy.
As reported by the Images.dawn.com, it is estimated that approximately 20 to 25% of women of menstruating age may develop benign tumors on the walls of the uterus referred to as fibroids.
That so many have these conditions, both are still seen as under-studied — with some crediting a legacy of male primary medical interest as eradicating or downplaying health concerns that plague women.
Prior reviews have also associated both diseases to increased susceptibility to such fatal diseases as heart diseases and certain cancers.
A new study in the BMJ journal was based on a record of over 110000 women from the United States, whose condition has been tracked since 1989, every two years.
Such kinds of observational research cannot establish causality relationships because there is no experimental manipulation of variables. While analyzing the data the researchers stated that patients who have at least one, or both of the diseases have slightly lower life expectancy and are likely to die before they turn seventy.
This was because the patients were inclined to developing the other health problems as prescribed by other research studies, the research revealed.
In the case of uterine fibroids, the raised early mortality was associated with gynaecial cancers, noted the study.
Other causes of death reported from endometriosis were these same cancers though there were other causes such as heart and respiratory diseases.
Endometriosis patients had a 9%-30% higher mortality rate before the age of 70 generally than individuals who did not have these associated diseases according to the study.
The authors of the study pointed out that these discoveries make it necessary for doctors to, “screen” for these health difficulties in people with endometriosis and uterine fibroids.
Although previously ignored, diseases that occur only in women are now increasingly regarded by scientists and legislation.