Causes Of Endometriosis

Link to Autoimmune Disorders

Endometriosis has a link to autoimmune disorders, and the theory is this: if endometrial cells somehow migrate to a part of the body where they aren't supposed to be, the immune system should recognize them as an intrusion. It's then the immune system's job to destroy the cells and keep them from wreaking havoc on your system.

However, if the immune system can't recognize those cells are in the wrong place, or the immune system is too weak to break the cells down, more severe endometriosis might occur. The cells have free range to adhere to whatever organs they want, growing and multiplying and thickening your internal scar tissue as they do so.

Autoimmune disorders are not a direct cause of endometriosis, as they have nothing to do with how the endometrial cells end up in the wrong place, but they do affect the severity level of endometriosis. Comorbidity with autoimmune disorders and endometriosis is common for this reason.