Faced with the anger of patient associations concerning the controversial remarks of a guest on endometriosis, the program “It starts today” scheduled for Wednesday May 4 has been deprogrammed by France 2.
- Endometriosis affects 10% of women of childbearing age in France, ie 1.5 to 2.5 million people.
- There is no definitive cure for this disease.
“You inherited this grandmother or great-grandmother who had children, who lost children. Endometriosis, for all those who listen to us, is a message from our body telling us that “Before, there was enormous suffering from a person who associated the word childhood and death, and childhood and death, they don’t go together. There is guilt, there is sadness and we have to release it”.
The tweet and video announcing next Friday’s show on @France2tv have been removed.
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On the set of the famous program “It starts today”, Natacha Calestrémé, author and specialist in personal development, made remarks on endometriosis which scandalized patient associations, pushing France 2 to delete the extract broadcast on social networks and even to deprogram the episode scheduled for yesterday Wednesday, May 4.
“No scientific evidence”
“There is no scientific proof that endometriosis has such an origin. None, while we are sorely lacking in fundamental research. This type of discourse is misleading for a physical illness that can be serious. It starts today’ today, we ask you to cancel it”, writes for example on his Twitter account the AAERS, a collective for scientific research around Adenomyosis and Endometriosis.
Endometriosis is a complex disease that affects women all over the world, sometimes from the onset of the first period until menopause, regardless of their ethnic origin or social situation. “It is believed that the exact causes of endometriosis are multiple, namely that different factors contribute to the development of the disease”, explains the WHO.
What is the origin of endometriosis?
Several hypotheses have been formulated to explain the origins of endometriosis. Currently, the pathology is thought to arise from:
– retrograde menstruation, which is characterized by the backflow of menstrual blood containing fragments of endometrium through the fallopian tubes and into the pelvic cavity, even as menstruation occurs and blood flows along the pelvis and is evacuated from the body through the vagina. Retrograde menstruation can cause cells similar to uterine material to deposit outside the uterus, where they implant and grow;
– metaplasia, namely the transformation of one tissue into another. Cells outside the uterus may turn into cells similar to uterine material and begin to grow;
– stem cells causing the disease, which would then spread in the body through the blood and lymphatic vessels.
“Other factors may contribute to the development or continued presence of ectopic endometrium” say public health experts. “We know, for example, that estrogens promote inflammation, the development of endometriosis and the pain associated with it, and therefore play a role in the disease”, they continue. Ualteration or deficiency of the immune response, complex and localized hormonal influences, genetics and environmental contaminants could also play a role in the appearance of the pathology.
