Due to changes in lifestyle and work, there may be more and more requirements for overnight working. However, long-term staying up greatly threatens women's health. Then shall long-term night shift cause
endometriosis? In this article, I will use some facts to answer this question. I hope this can act as a wake-up call for women's health.
A case-control study based on population reported that, various kinds of night shifts accounted for 48% of the reasons causing endometriosis. There was also evidence that endometriosis is related to steroids recycling. Whereas the night shift inhibit the secretion of melatonin which can inhibit the activity of estrogen and aminoglutethimide (aminoglutethimide can reduce estrogen levels).
Therefore, long-term night shift will change the activity of aminoglutethimide. Meanwhile, it will lead to increased estrogen levels. And all these are likely to increase the risk of endometriosis.
In the study, to research whether working at night increases the risk of endometriosis in premenopausal women, the researchers conducted an extensive survey. This survey is aimed at a large crowd. In addition, the investigators did follow-up surveys of 89,400 women who are suffering endometriosis, and a 16-year follow-up investigation of 2062 patients who were diagnosed by laparoscopy.
In general, there is no necessary connection between the long-term night shift and endometriosis. However, the situation changes when the study is conducted in accordance with the classification of infertility.
Compared with women who don't work at night, women who are suffering from infertility and have night shifts for 5 years or more are easy to get endometriosis. In contrast, for women with fertility ability, the long-term night shift has no necessary relation to endometriosis.
As overnight working is inevitable sometimes, women, especially infertile women, should always pay attention to the personal health. Once feeling uncomfortable, you should go to the hospital at once. And if diagnosed with endometriosis, you should receive active treatment. And for treating the disease, instead of western treatment, I believe traditional Chinese medicine,
Fuyan Pill, is a more suitable choice.
