Thickening Of The Womb Lining After Menopause

This condition is benign and in most cases doesn t cause any pain.

Thickening of the womb lining after menopause.

Thickening of the uterine walls is a phenomenon experienced by some women during menopause. Treatment for postmenopausal bleeding. A thickened womb lining endometrial hyperplasia this can be caused by hormone replacement therapy hrt high levels of oestrogen or being overweight and can lead to womb cancer less commonly postmenopausal bleeding is caused by cancer such as ovarian and womb cancer. Symptoms of endometrial hyperplasia are heavy periods bleeding between periods and bleeding after menopause.

Endometrium thickening may cause bleeding after menopause but even without bleeding the possibility of endometrial cancer cannot be ruled out. You have a higher risk of developing womb cancer if you have this thickening especially if the extra lining cells are abnormal. However it can go undetected and. If you are truly postmenopausal and not on.

The normal thickness of the endometrium changes throughout a person s life from childhood through to sexual maturity fertile years and after menopause. Your doctor may prescribe it in one of the following forms. You ll use an applicator to get it inside your body. Endometrial thickness must be evaluated together with endometrial morphology as well as risk factors for malignancy when considering endometrial sampling.

Confirmation may be done using endometrial biopsy. Endometrial hyperplasia is a non cancerous benign condition where the lining of the womb becomes thicker. Ultrasound showed thickening of the lining of the womb jul 31 2014. If you re close to reaching menopause but still have occasional vaginal bleeding the average stripe is less than 5 mm thick.

I am 53 hadn t had a period for over a year then started bleeding on monday went straight to doctors had ultrasound the next day no cysts or fibroids discovered then had call today to go to see gp who informed me i have thickening of the lining of the womb so have to have more tests i am so afraid it s. You ll take them by mouth. It releases a steady dose of estrogen for about 3 months. In imaging tests of young females who.