Endometritis: symptoms, treatment, effects and forms

Inflammation of the uterine mucosa is called endometritis. It can be chronic and acute. This disease necessarily requires adequate treatment, otherwise it can lead to various pathologies, including infertility.

And with this form of his woman to become pregnant will not help even IVF. In this case, the only option is to use the services of a surrogate mother.

Basically, such severe consequences result in a chronic sluggish endometritis without obvious symptoms. He almost does not manifest himself, and the woman turns to the doctor too late, when she can not conceive or bear a child.

As a rule, acute endometritis, whose treatment should be performed in a hospital, becomes chronic if the measures are taken out of time, inadequately or not at all. Therefore, it is important to consult a gynecologist at the first signs of the disease, especially if it was preceded by childbirth, abortion, menstruation, spiral installation, surgical or diagnostic manipulation.

So, acute endometritis symptoms:

• tachycardia;

• Increase in temperature to 38;

• chills;

• Pain and heaviness in the abdomen;

• Sleep disturbance, anxiety, irritability;

• Sometimes constipation;

• Soreness in palpation;

• Purulent discharge with blood ;

• The uterus is enlarged, its consistency is milder;

• In the analysis of the blood, ESR and leukocytes were increased.

Usually, inflammation is detected a few days after infection. With adequate treatment, recovery occurs after 10 days. Otherwise, the disease will become chronic. And it's much harder to cope with it.

Chronic endometritis symptoms:

• Uterine bleeding;

• Spotting after and before menstruation, and between them;

• Periodic purulent discharge ;

• When examined, the palpation of the uterus is painless, but it is compacted and enlarged;

• Aching pain in the abdomen, giving back;

• Miscarriage or infertility.

For its diagnosis, scraping of the uterus is used, followed by examination of the scrapes of the endometrium. Manipulation is carried out on day 9 of the cycle. In addition, ultrasound helps identify changes in the structure of the endometrium.

If the doctor suspects the patient of acute endometritis, the symptoms are confirmed by research, then she is sent to the hospital. There she must be assigned bed rest, control of bowel function, diet. The woman is prescribed antibiotics. Cold is applied to the stomach in the first few days. In addition, antihistamines, anti-inflammatory and restorative drugs are prescribed.

Endometritis can be specific, that is, caused by gonococci, chlamydia and other microorganisms, which normally should not be present in the body. As a rule, STDs are brought to him.

Pathogens of nonspecific endometritis are conditionally pathogenic flora, that is, organisms that can be present in the body in small amounts. However, when there are too many of them, they cause inflammation.

For the treatment of chronic endometritis use restorative, sedative, antihistamines and vitamins. In addition, such physiotherapeutic procedures as acupuncture, UFO, UHF, electrophoresis with zinc or iodine, ultrasound are used.

If there is uterine bleeding, then use dicycin, aminocaproic acid, hormonal homeostasis. Apply immunostimulating therapy. If there are signs of exacerbation, then use antibacterial drugs.

An important component of the treatment of chronic endometritis is the normalization of the vaginal microflora. For this, vaginal tampons with bifidumbacterin, lactobacterin are used.

So, if a woman suspects that she has acute or chronic endometritis, the symptoms and studies confirm the fear, then you should immediately consult a doctor. Since untimely and inadequate treatment can deprive her of the joy of motherhood, and also cause uterine bleeding and other problems.