What is the cause of bloody vaginal discharge during menopause?

Menopause is a stage that all women go through. Most female friends will develop some gynecological diseases during the menopause stage, which poses a great threat to women's physical health, so women in menopause should pay more attention. Many women experience leucorrhea and bleeding during menopause. What is going on? Regarding this situation, we have consulted an authoritative gynecologist to hear the expert's detailed introduction.

According to experts, women generally go through menopause between the ages of 45 and 55, which is a period when endometrial cancer and cervical cancer are most likely to occur. Experts remind that menopausal women should be wary of gynecological tumors.

Experts say that there are no symptoms in the early stages of cervical cancer. As the disease progresses, bleeding during sexual intercourse is the first symptom. In addition, increased leucorrhea with odor is also a common symptom of cervical cancer. Once irregular bleeding occurs, it is usually in the middle or even late stage of cervical cancer.

"Don't confuse the symptoms of gynecological tumors with irregular bleeding during menopause." The expert once treated a 51-year-old woman who had been experiencing continuous vaginal bleeding for more than a year. Several color ultrasounds were done but no abnormalities were found. "At that time, the patient thought it was caused by menopause and did not take it seriously. As a result, the physical examination revealed that it was cervical adenocarcinoma, and it was invasive cancer. Because of the delay of more than a year, she unfortunately passed away one year after the operation. The lesson this case teaches us is that we did not do a comprehensive gynecological examination, only paid attention to the color Doppler ultrasound examination, and ignored the cervical cancer prevention examination, and mistook irregular vaginal bleeding as a manifestation of menopause, which led to tragedy.

In addition, endometrial cancer is more likely to be masked by menstrual disorders during menopause, especially for women who have had uterine fibroids before, who rarely associate bleeding with cancer. So how to identify it? Experts say that only diagnostic curettage is the gold standard to rule out endometrial cancer. It is particularly important to remind postmenopausal women to pay attention to the thickness of the endometrium regularly, as it is often an early manifestation of endometrial cancer.

Experts recommend that women in menopause, regardless of whether they experience any symptoms, should undergo regular gynecological examinations, especially cervical liquid-based cytology examinations and HPV tests, to keep abreast of their physical health. Once any abnormality occurs, they should promptly understand the cause and conduct targeted treatment to reduce the possibility of worsening of the disease.