Confirmation may be done using endometrial biopsy.
Thickening of the womb lining after menopause no bleeding.
The thickness of the endometrium stabilizes after you reach menopause.
Treatment for postmenopausal bleeding.
Endometrial hyperplasia thickening of the uterine lining.
However it can go undetected and.
Thickening of the uterine walls is a phenomenon experienced by some women during menopause.
If you are truly postmenopausal and not on.
Endometrial hyperplasia refers to the thickening of the endometrium.
When your endometrium thickens it can lead to unusual bleeding.
If you re close to reaching menopause but still have occasional vaginal bleeding the average stripe is less than 5 mm thick.
As a result the endometrium gets thicker and can bleed.
In postmenopausal women the lining of the uterus known as the endometrium or uterine lining should really be no thicker than 4 to 5 millimeters.
Endometrium thickening may cause bleeding after menopause but even without bleeding the possibility of endometrial cancer cannot be ruled out.
A thickened womb lining endometrial hyperplasia this can be caused by hormone replacement therapy hrt high levels of oestrogen or being overweight and can lead to womb cancer less commonly postmenopausal bleeding is caused by cancer such as ovarian and womb cancer.
This is the layer of cells that line the inside of your uterus.