Photo by Polina Zimmerman. Article written by Dr. Michelle Strydom MD
It is important for you to first read through the chapter on autoimmune diseases on page 200. Endometriosis is not strictly an autoimmune disease but that chapter has essential background information that you need to be able to understand this disease.
The endometrium is the tissue that lines the inner wall of the uterus (womb). Normally, during a woman’s menstrual cycle, the endometrium (under the influence of oestrogen) gradually thickens in preparation for a possible pregnancy. After a sperm fertilizes a female egg and the baby begins growing, it implants into the endometrium in the uterus where it continues to develop. If the woman does not conceive, the endometrial tissue begins to break down and is shed as blood during menstruation each month.
Endometriosis is a disease where the endometrial tissue is present in another part of the body outside of the uterus (womb) such as in the pelvis, abdomen, on the ovaries, bladder, rectum or vagina. The endometrial tissue, which should not be present in these parts of the body, causes damage and inflammation. This causes the body tissues and/or organs such as the bladder and bowel to stick together (adhesion formation). It also can cause stretching or distortion of the ovaries and/or uterine tubes. This results in chronic pelvic pain, abnormally severe pain during menstruation (dysmenorrhea) and pain during sexual intercourse (dyspareunia). Endometriosis can also cause infertility.
Endometrial tissue has the potential to adhere to other tissues or organs and grow. This does not normally happen because the endometrial cells that land up outside the uterus in the pelvis during menstruation are cleared up by the cells of the immune system. Endometriosis results when the cells of the immune system are dysfunctional and fail to remove the endometrial cells in the pelvis. As a result, the endometrial cells in the pelvis attach to and grow on other body tissue and organs causing the problems/symptoms of endometriosis previously described. Endometriosis is also associated with other autoimmune diseases and is a result of self-hatred and self-rejection in a person’s thought life. This is where a woman hates herself and who she is.
In Henry Wright’s book “A More Excellent Way”, there was mention of research that has shown that women who have had an abortion often end up with endometriosis. This may be due to the guilt, condemnation and self-hatred because of the abortion as well as the hormonal interruption because it is not a natural miscarriage.
Endometriosis is a result of self-hatred in a person’s thought life… where a woman hates herself and who she is.
To be healed of endometriosis, you have got to be prepared to change how you think about yourself. Learning to love yourself and building a healthy self-esteem starts with knowing who you are in Christ and establishing your identity and sense of self worth in Him. The chapter on page 498 will help you with this.
Inheritance plays an important role in endometriosis as there is a seven times higher risk of developing endometriosis in a first degree relative who suffered from endometriosis. Therefore, if other members in your family tree had this disease, you also need to read through genetically inherited diseases on page 153 and deal with it as explained in that chapter.
Lastly, in endometriosis it is possible for tissues and organs in the pelvis and abdomen to be irreversibly damaged. This is where it is necessary to operate in the gift of miracles where you ask God to work a creative miracle and you command the organs and tissue to be made whole and perfect as God created them before the foundation of the world. This is explained on page 123 under the heading “You Can’t Always Do It Alone”.
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