What is an endometrial biopsy

I believe that everyone is still relatively unfamiliar with endometrial biopsy. In fact, female friends can learn more about endometrial biopsy so that they will not be at a loss when they need to do an endometrial biopsy. In the following article, we will introduce to you what endometrial biopsy is and its clinical significance. In addition, we also need to understand who is suitable for endometrial biopsy and who is not suitable for endometrial biopsy.

An endometrial biopsy is a scraping of the uterus to remove cells from the lining of the uterus for examination. Provide important diagnostic basis for clinical physicians.

If the test result is positive, the possible conditions for diagnostic curettage are:

(1) Abnormal uterine bleeding, to confirm or exclude endometrial cancer, cervical cancer or other lesions.

(2) For menstrual disorders such as dysfunctional uterine bleeding or amenorrhea, it is necessary to understand the changes in the endometrium and its response to sex hormones.

(3) Infertility requires understanding whether or not the woman ovulates.

(4) Patients suspected of having endometrial tuberculosis. People who need to be examined: infertile people. People with abnormal menstrual bleeding.

Unsuitable group: women during menstruation. People with moderate to severe cervical erosion and abnormal leucorrhea. Taboos before examination: No sexual intercourse three days before the examination. The examination should be done 3-7 days after the menstrual period ends. Requirements during the examination: The biopsy site may bleed, so do not have sexual intercourse within 1-2 weeks after the examination, and wait at least half a month after the biopsy before having sex to avoid inflammation and infection. Vaginal douches or sitz baths. If vaginal bleeding is heavy, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment.

Through the above article, we know what endometrial biopsy is. We know that endometrial biopsy is a kind of examination technique. The above article also introduces to us which people are not suitable for endometrial biopsy.