What is the cause of endometrial tuberculosis?

When it comes to the treatment of endometrial tuberculosis, it is important to understand the cause. For example, infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the most likely path to this disease, which can also manifest as irregular menstruation, infertility, or frequent lower abdominal pain, as well as fatigue, night sweats, and weight loss.

1. Causes

Endometrial tuberculosis is often caused by the spread of fallopian tube tuberculosis. When tuberculosis bacteria infect the body, the disease usually does not occur immediately, but goes through an incubation period. During the latent period, when the body's resistance is poor, Mycobacterium tuberculosis can invade the endometrium and eventually affect the basal layer of the endometrium.

2. Clinical manifestations

1. Irregular menstruation

Due to the influence of tuberculosis, the endometrium may become congested or form ulcers in the early stage, resulting in menorrhagia; in the late stage, the endometrium is damaged, affecting its function, causing infrequent menstruation or even amenorrhea.

2. Infertility

Because tuberculosis of the endometrium destroys the environment for the implantation and development of the fertilized egg, or tuberculosis of the fallopian tubes blocks the fallopian tubes and causes infertility, many patients come to the hospital for examination because of infertility, and are finally diagnosed with endometrial tuberculosis.

3. Lower abdominal pain

It is mostly caused by combined pelvic tuberculosis, which leads to pelvic congestion, adhesion or abscess formation, resulting in lower abdominal pain.

4. Systemic symptoms

In severe cases, systemic symptoms such as fatigue, night sweats, low fever, weight loss and loss of appetite may occur.