What are the treatments for endometrial thickening?

If a woman wants to get pregnant, her endometrium can only be within the normal range. Whether it is too thin or too thick, it is not suitable for the implantation of the fertilized egg. Although it is more common in clinical practice that there are more people with thin endometrium, there is also the case of too thick endometrium. Too thick endometrium is much more troublesome to treat than too thin endometrium. Therefore, only by understanding the methods of treating thick endometrium can you choose a treatment method that is more suitable for you.

Currently, there are three main treatments for endometrial thickening: hormone replacement therapy, hysterectomy, and traditional Chinese medicine treatment.

1. Hormone replacement

It is not advisable to use large amounts of exogenous hormones to impact the endocrine balance system of the body that is already in a disordered state in an attempt to achieve the purpose of treating the disease. In particular, the shortcomings of hormones such as long treatment course, low cure rate and serious side effects have gradually attracted the attention of the clinical community.

2. Surgical treatment

The purpose of surgical treatment is mainly to prevent the lesion from developing into endometrial cancer. The applicable subjects are usually the following:

① Patients whose drug treatment is ineffective or who relapse after drug discontinuation.

② Those aged >40 and have no fertility requirements.

③ Those who are difficult to differentiate from endometrial cancer.

④Patients who choose surgery.

3. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

1. Qi stagnation and blood stasis: lower abdominal distension and pain before and during menstruation, irregular menstruation, dark red menstrual blood with blood clots, and the pain will be relieved after the clots are removed. Breast tenderness, anal distension, irritability, dark tongue or with petechiae and ecchymosis, white tongue coating, and stringy and wiry pulse.

2. Cold and blood stasis: Cold pain in the lower abdomen before and during menstruation, relieved by warmth; irregular menstruation, dark menstrual blood, with blood clots, pain relieved when the clots are removed. Cold body and limbs, nausea and vomiting, heavy anus, and loose stools.

3. Heat depression and blood stasis: burning pain in the lower abdomen before and during menstruation, prefers coolness and refuses to be pressed, fever during or before and after menstruation, early menstruation, heavy and thick menstruation with clots, bitter taste in the mouth and thirst, irritability, yellow urine and constipation, and obvious tenderness of pelvic nodules and masses.

4. Qi deficiency and blood stasis: dull pain in the lower abdomen during or after menstruation, prefers pressure and warmth, dark menstrual blood, or blood clots. Fatigue, loss of appetite, heaviness in the anus, and loose stools. The complexion is dull, the tongue is pale with teeth marks, the tongue coating is white, and the pulse is thin and slow or thin, stringy and weak.

5. Kidney deficiency and blood stasis: dull pain in the lower abdomen during or after menstruation, preference for pressure and warmth, sore waist and weak knees, dizziness and tinnitus, irregular menstruation, light-colored menstruation, or blood clots, or scanty and heavy menstruation. Fatigue and drowsiness, loss of libido, difficulty conceiving, heaviness in the anus, and loose stools.

After knowing the methods to treat endometrial thickening, I hope female friends will pay attention. In fact, the main cause of endometrial thickening is hormone disorder. Therefore, the condition of endometrial thickening can be improved by simply regulating the hormone levels. However, if analyzed from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is related to women's qi and blood. Therefore, you can choose a treatment method that suits you according to your needs.