Endometritis

Clinic

• Endometritis is inflammation of the inner lining of the uterus (endometrium).
• Symptoms may include
  • Fever
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • AUB
  • Leukorrhea
• It is the most common cause of infection after childbirth.
• It is also part of spectrum of diseases that make up pelvic inflammatory disease.

Types

Acute endometritis

It is an entity which could be due to an infection (Mycoplasma genitalium) or PID

Chronic endometritis

• Chronic endometritis is characterized by the presence of plasma cells in the stroma.
• It a kind of PID caused by
  • Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia)
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhea)
  • Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus)
  • Mycoplasma hominis
  • MTB
  • HSV-1
  • HSV-2

Pyometra

• Pyometra describes an accumulation of pus in the uterine cavity.
• In order for pyometra to develop, there must be both an infection and blockage of cervix.
• Signs and symptoms include lower abdominal pain (suprapubic), rigors, fever, and the discharge of pus on introduction of a sound into the uterus.

Related disease

Salpingitis

Miasms

• HSV-1
• HSV-2
• MTB