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Endometrial hyperplasia

Causes and symptoms of endometrial hyperplasia


What is endometrial hyperplasia?

The term "hyperplasia" means the excess of the quantitative formation of structural elements of the tissue. Endometrial hyperplasia is the pathology of the glands and mucous membrane of the uterus: the endometrium grows, thickens.

Endometrial hyperplasia has several varieties, which include glandular , glandular-cystic, atypical (adenomatous) hyperplasia and endometrial polyps. These varieties of the disease differ in histology, that is, the microscopic structure of sections of the thickening of the endometrium.


Causes of endometrial hyperplasia

Hyperplastic processes in the body of the uterus may begin because of hormonal imbalance, when there is excessive secretion of estrogen and progesterone is in short supply. Endometrial hyperplasia is more common in patients with diabetes, obesity or hypertension. Also pathology often occurs in parallel with such diseases as chronic inflammation of the reproductive system, uterine fibroids and genital endometriosis.

Endometrial hyperplasia can cause a number of serious diseases of the female genital organs, including endometrial cancer or infertility. By the way, often the hyperplasia is diagnosed when women turn to doctors for infertility. Menopausal age is also one of the risk factors for the development of this disease.

Symptoms of endometrial hyperplasia

Sometimes endometrial hyperplasia can occur without obvious clinical symptoms, but often its manifestations become dysfunctional (anovulatory) uterine bleeding and spotting from the vagina between menstrual periods. Bleeding often occur after a menstrual delay and it is rarely with the regular cycle. In addition, are the characteristic symptoms of anemia, which include weakness, fatigue, dizziness, fainting, loss of appetite and so on.


Treatment of endometrial hyperplasia

Treatment of endometrial hyperplasia is divided into medical and surgical. The basis of medical treatmentis hormone therapy that includes the use of pills, injections, patches and so on. Surgical treatment involves ablation – an operation to remove the layer of the endometrium. In severe forms of the disease may require surgery to remove the uterus.

Often endometrial hyperplasia requires a comprehensive treatment: after surgical removal of the layer of the endometrium is supportive therapy with the use of low doses of hormones that will significantly reduce the risk of complications.

After the treatment is recommended every six months to carry out ultrasonic examination of small pelvis organs.

Preventive measures with endometrial hyperplasia are obesity, endocrine disorders and diabetes, diet and timely treatment of disorders of the menstrual cycle. Besides, it is necessary to avoid stressful situations and twice a year checkups at the gynecologist, especially in cases of uterine bleeding, or if are observed between periods bloody vaginal discharge.