Endometriosis as a pathology of regulatory mechanisms

Abstract

The article represents the author’s original definition of genital endometriosis, emphasizing the main pathogenetic feature of the disease — violation of regulatory mechanisms, underlying in its development and characterizing diversity of its pathogenetic and clinical forms. The hierarchy of regulatory mechanisms is given, general ideas concerning approaches to the study of this illness and approaches to drug therapy are described. Special attention is paid to immunomodulatory therapy in patients with endometriosis, critical analysis of its advantages and disadvantages is given, and prospects of this direction are demonstrated.