Antibiotics may treat endometriosis

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-antibiotics-endometriosis.html ^

[ConservativeMind]

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found, in mice, that treatment with an antibiotic reduces the size of lesions caused by endometriosis.

The researchers are planning a large, multicenter clinical trial to test the drug metronidazole in women who have the painful condition.

Studying mice, the researchers found that treating the animals with metronidazole reduced the size of endometriosis-related lesions in the gut. That was true whether treatment was started before the lesions began forming or after endometriosis already was well-established. The findings also suggest that bacteria in the gut microbiome may help drive, or prevent, progression of the disease.

[ConservativeMind]

Other antibiotics didn’t seem to help. Perhaps this is due to a special property it has or how it alone effects the body.

Possibly, probiotics could also help.

[Mount Athos]

thanks for posting this, might help someone i know

[353FMG]

20 million Americans are waiting for an antibiotic that can treat diabetes and diabetic neuropathy.

[Ozark Tom]

Might delve into the efficacy of Berberine for regulating sugar and fat within the blood. Some claims suggest anti-bacterial action / favorable modification of gut bacterial flora.