Treatment for postmenopausal bleeding.
Thickening of the womb lining after menopause.
Confirmation may be done using endometrial biopsy.
Endometrial thickness must be evaluated together with endometrial morphology as well as risk factors for malignancy when considering endometrial sampling.
This condition is benign and in most cases doesn t cause any pain.
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.
The normal thickness of the endometrium changes throughout a person s life from childhood through to sexual maturity fertile years and after menopause.
If you re close to reaching menopause but still have occasional vaginal bleeding the average stripe is less than 5 mm thick.
Your doctor may prescribe it in one of the following forms.
Ultrasound showed thickening of the lining of the womb jul 31 2014.
Endometrium thickening may cause bleeding after menopause but even without bleeding the possibility of endometrial cancer cannot be ruled out.
However it can go undetected and.
Symptoms of endometrial hyperplasia are heavy periods bleeding between periods and bleeding after menopause.
The thickness of the endometrium stabilizes after you reach menopause.
In imaging tests of young females who.
You have a higher risk of developing womb cancer if you have this thickening especially if the extra lining cells are abnormal.
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.
I am 53 hadn t had a period for over a year then started bleeding on monday went straight to doctors had ultrasound the next day no cysts or fibroids discovered then had call today to go to see gp who informed me i have thickening of the lining of the womb so have to have more tests i am so afraid it s.
You ll use an applicator to get it inside your body.
Endometrial hyperplasia is a non cancerous benign condition where the lining of the womb becomes thicker.
It releases a steady dose of estrogen for about 3 months.
Thickening of the uterine walls is a phenomenon experienced by some women during menopause.
