Nantou Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare reminds women to pay attention to endometrial lesions.

(Photo by reporter Xie Jieyu)

[Reporter Xie Jieyu/Report from Nantou] A 53-year-old woman surnamed Lin in Nantou who had stopped menstruating for more than a year discovered vaginal bleeding a few days ago. She once wondered whether her menstruation would return due to proper maintenance. The bleeding pattern was different from menstruation, so I went to the Nantou Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare for treatment. After hysteroscopy and endometrial section, it was confirmed to be endometrial cancer. Fortunately, after treatment, the condition is stable now. The doctor also reminded women friends if Abnormal bleeding after menopause should seek medical attention as soon as possible.

Ling Dawei, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Nantou Hospital, pointed out that the number of patients with endometrial cancer in Taiwan has risen sharply in recent years, and has surpassed cervical cancer. , Metabolic disease syndrome, early menstruation, late menopause, reduced pregnancy and production, environmental hormone pollution, plasticizer flooding, etc., may all promote endometrial lesions.

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The hospital recommends that even if women have the above risk factors before menopause, they still need to see a doctor to check whether there is the possibility of endometrial lesions, and they can ask the doctor to check the uterus and ovaries when they receive the annual Pap smear. Assess the health of the patients, which also covers the possibility of endometrial diseases, because 90% of endometrial cancer patients will experience symptoms of postmenopausal bleeding, it is worth paying more attention to this warning.

The doctor said that the evaluation of the thickness of the endometrium after menopause should be below 5mm, but the thickness of the endometrium alone is not enough to diagnose women with endometrial cancer, so every woman with postmenopausal bleeding must consider The possibility of endometrial lesions, while hysteroscopy and endometrial scraping and scraping surgery are the most effective methods for diagnosing the disease, and calling for a healthy lifestyle, diet, exercise and appropriate body mass index (BMI) is the only way to prevent it The four major elements of endometrial cancer are worthy of attention.

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