endometritis
Sign in to saveAlso known as endometrium inflammation, Uterine infection, endometriumitis, Postpartum endometritis, endomyometritis
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Endometritis
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Postpartum endometritis, endomyometritis
- Medical condition (new).image
- Endometritis - 2 - cropped - very high mag.jpg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- Micrograph showing a chronic endometritis with the characteristic plasma cells. Scattered neutrophils are also present. H&E stain.
- Medical condition (new).field
- Gynaecology, obstetrics
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Fever, lower abdominal pain, abnormal vaginal bleeding, discharge
- Medical condition (new).types
- Acute, chronic
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Infectious
- Medical condition (new).risks
- Abortion, menstruation, childbirth, placement of an IUD, douching
- Medical condition (new).treatment
- Antibiotics
- Medical condition (new).prognosis
- Good with treatment
- Medical condition (new).frequency
- 2% (following vaginal delivery),10% (following scheduled C-section)
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Research
7,707 papers- Endometritis - Diagnosis,Treatment and its impact on fertility - A Scoping Review.JBRA assisted reproduction · 2022
- Endometritis: new time, new concepts.Fertility and sterility · 2018
- Bacterial vaginosis and its association with infertility, endometritis, and pelvic inflammatory disease.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2021
- Chronic endometritis - is it time to clarify diagnostic criteria?Ginekologia polska · 2023
- General and comparative aspects of endometritis in domestic species: A review.Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene · 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
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- WikiProject Medicine
- Commons category
- Endometritis
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C26764
- health specialty
- gynaecology
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1002
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Types
- Acute endometritis
- Chronic endometritis
- Pyometra
- See also
- References
- External links
Endometritis is inflammation of the inner lining of the uterus (endometrium). Signs and symptoms may include fever, lower abdominal pain, and abnormal vaginal bleeding or discharge. It is the most common cause of infection after childbirth. It is also part of spectrum of diseases that make up pelvic inflammatory disease.
Endometritis is divided into acute and chronic forms. The acute form is usually from an infection that passes through the cervix as a result of an abortion, during menstruation, following childbirth, or as a result of douching or placement of an IUD. Risk factors for endometritis following delivery include Caesarean section and prolonged rupture of membranes. Chronic endometritis is more common after menopause. The diagnosis may be confirmed by endometrial biopsy. Ultrasound may be useful to verify that there is no retained tissue within the uterus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “endometritis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.