Is 0.6cm of endometrium normal?

Many women are concerned about the thickness of the endometrium because it is directly related to their physical health. The question that many women want to ask most is whether 0.6cm of endometrium is normal. Experts say that the thickness of the endometrium actually changes periodically and there is no specific standard value. Next, let’s learn some common sense about the thickness of the endometrium. I hope that through my introduction, everyone can have a general understanding.

1. Proliferative phase: During the ovarian cycle, when the follicles in the ovaries develop and mature, the endometrium proliferates under the action of estrogen secreted by the ovaries, which is the proliferative endometrium;

2. Secretory phase: After ovulation, the corpus luteum of the ovary secretes progesterone and estrogen, which causes the proliferating endometrium to secrete, i.e., the secretory phase endometrium.

3. Menstrual period: After the corpus luteum in the ovary degenerates, due to the decrease in the amount of estrogen and progesterone, the endometrium loses its support and becomes necrotic and flaky, which manifests as menstruation. This period is called the menstrual endometrium.

Changes in the endometrium during different periods of life

1. Proliferative stage: Around the 5th to 9th day of the menstrual cycle, the endometrium is very thin, the glands are sparse, the glandular ducts are narrow and straight, and the glandular cavity surface is flat.

During the 10th to 14th day of the menstrual cycle, the endometrium becomes thicker and wavy, the glands and stroma proliferate significantly, and the number of glands begins to increase.

2. Secretory phase: From the 15th to the 19th day of menstruation, which is 1 to 5 days after ovulation, the endometrium continues to thicken and the glands further increase in size and curvature.

Around the 20th to 24th day of the menstrual cycle, which is 6 to 10 days after ovulation, the endometrium shows a high degree of secretory activity, and the curvature and expansion of the glands reach a peak.

3. In the late secretory phase, the thickness of the endometrium is about 5 to 6 mm.

4. Premenstrual period: approximately from the 25th to the 28th day of the menstrual cycle, which is 11 to 14 days after ovulation, which is equivalent to the regression period of the corpus luteum. The glands and glandular epithelial cells begin to shrink, degenerate, and secretions dry up, showing a phenomenon of exhaustion, and the thickness of the endometrium decreases by 1/5 to 1/3.

5. 4 to 24 hours before the onset of menstruation, local spasmodic contraction occurs in the intimal spiral arterioles, causing ischemia and necrosis of the intima distal to the spasm. The permeability of the blood vessel wall increases, followed by vasodilation, and blood flows out of the broken blood vessels.

Now everyone should have a clear answer to the question of whether 0.6cm of endometrium is normal. I hope that the above article can help everyone gain a deeper understanding of the relevant common sense about the thickness of the endometrium. I hope female friends will check the thickness of their endometrium at different periods to see if it is normal. If it is abnormal, they should choose to go to the hospital for treatment.