What are uterine diseases? Ladies, please take note!

The female uterus is a very important and sensitive part. The uterus can develop many diseases, such as uterine fibroids and various inflammations. These diseases can cause great harm to women's health, so women must understand the relevant knowledge.

1. What are uterine diseases?

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumors in women, and they occur more frequently in middle-aged women, with an incidence rate of approximately 35-45%. Uterine fibroids can cause infertility, miscarriage, menorrhagia, secondary anemia, and sexual dysfunction.

Endometriosis is a disease caused by the growth of endometrial tissue in abnormal locations outside the surface of the uterine cavity wall. Ectopic endometrium is usually located in the pelvic cavity, but it can also be located in organs outside the pelvic cavity. Secondary progressive dysmenorrhea is its main feature.

Endometritis is an inflammation of the endometrium, the lining of the uterus. When the inflammation develops to a severe stage, it can affect the myometrium and become myometritis, which is an extension of endometritis. The main reasons are miscarriage, puerperal infection, etc., which seriously affect fertility. Abnormal uterine development, such as primary amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, infertility, habitual miscarriage, malposition of the fetus in each pregnancy or dystocia, etc., should first think of the possibility of uterine malformation. Common ones include immature uterus, unicornuate or bicornuate uterus, septate uterus, etc.

Intrauterine adhesion refers to the partial or complete adhesion of the anterior and posterior walls of the uterine cavity, causing the uterine cavity to narrow or disappear. It is mainly caused by damage to the basal layer of the endometrium due to surgery or pathological changes, and occasionally occurs after vacuum extraction or curettage.

2. How to prevent uterine diseases

How to prevent uterine diseases

1. Take active contraceptive measures. If a woman has more than three abortions, the chances of uterine disease will greatly increase. If artificial abortions are repeated many times, it is easy to infect the uterine cavity, which may lead to infertility in severe cases.

2 Don’t indulge in promiscuous sex. Sexual life should be appropriate. Excessive sexual life, especially having sex with many men, will cause great damage to the uterus, and it will cause trouble if endometrial infection occurs!

3. What are the symptoms of uterine diseases?

What are the symptoms of uterine disease?

First of all, you need to learn to touch and detect lumps in time. Because the lump is the physical manifestation of the tumor, touching the lump yourself is a basic method of self-examination of uterine fibroids. The test is performed in the early morning when the woman is fasting and has emptied her bowels and bladder. She can lie flat on the bed with her knees slightly bent and her abdomen relaxed. Use both hands to slowly palpate the lower abdomen, from light to deep. At this time, if there is a large lump, it can be discovered.

Secondly, learn to observe leucorrhea. Leucorrhea is a sticky, white, transparent liquid that flows out of the female vagina and has a lubricating effect on the vagina. Generally speaking, normal female leucorrhea should be white or egg white-like, sticky and without any fishy smell, usually in small amounts, and will change slightly with the menstrual cycle. Abnormal leucorrhea includes yellow and smelly purulent leucorrhea, cheesy dregs leucorrhea, bloody leucorrhea, and watery leucorrhea with large amount and thin texture. Abnormal vaginal discharge may be an early sign of diseases such as cervicitis, endometritis, vaginitis, or even uterine cancer. Therefore, once women find that their leucorrhea is abnormal for a long time, they should go to a regular hospital for examination in time.