Effectiveness of an anti-inflammatory diet before in vitro fertilisation in women with endometriosis: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Endometriosis is a common, benign, chronic inflammatory disease with multiple consequences, from chronic pain to systemic comorbidities and poor quality of life. As it usually affects people of reproductive age, one of the most distressing consequences is infertility, which can be only partly overcome by medically assisted reproduction. Poor outcomes are, in fact, frequent adverse events. As no definitive therapy exists for endometriosis-related infertility, affected women often tend to try either complementary and alternative medicine or self-management strategies to improve their quality of life, with the hope of also enhancing their fertility. Among available options, dietary interventions are commonly explored, even if no robust evidence is available on the optimal

SUBMITTER: Vigano P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12730867 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature