According to the BBC, the team, including researchers from the University of Oxford, has examined more than 8,000 endometriosis (chocolate cyst) cases and 64 thousand immune system disease with data received from the British biobank.
The team found a strong genetic bond between immune system diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, celiac disease and multiple sclerosis (MS) and chocolate cysts.
Accordingly, in women with chocolate cysts, the risk of autoimmune disease development, which is a condition in which the immune system accidentally attacks the normal tissues of the body, increases by 30 to 80 percent.
Researchers, findings in terms of reusing drugs in different diseases and combined treatments are “promising” in terms of developing.
Prof. Dr. Oxford University, Head of Women and Reproductive Health Department. Dr. Krina Zondervan stated that the research provides valuable information about the biology of the disease, “We have established a biological -based connection between chocolate cysts and diseases such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.” he said.
Chocolate cysts, a condition in which cells similar to cells in the uterus grow in other parts of the body, have been detected in approximately 1.5 million women in the UK.
Chocolate is considered to be severe pain and excessive fatigue among the symptoms of the cyst.
