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* Endometritis is inflammation of the inner lining of the uterus (endometrium).  
* Endometritis is inflammation of the inner lining of the uterus (endometrium).  
* Symptoms may include fever, lower abdominal pain, and abnormal vaginal bleeding or discharge.
* Symptoms may include  
* It is the most common cause of infection after childbirth. It is also part of spectrum of diseases that make up pelvic inflammatory disease.
** 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.




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


* Acute endometritis is characterized by infection
* High fever and purulent vaginal discharge.
* Menstruation after acute endometritis is excessive
* ''Mycoplasma genitalium'' and pelvic inflammatory disease.




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* Chronic endometritis is characterized by the presence of plasma cells in the stroma.  
* Chronic endometritis is characterized by the presence of plasma cells in the stroma.  
* Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhea), Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus), Mycoplasma hominis, [[MTB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis|MTB]], and various viruses.
* It a kind of PID caused by
* Most of these agents are capable of causing chronic pelvic inflammatory disease ([[PID, Leukorrhea remedies|PID]]). Patients with chronic endometritis may have an underlying cancer of the cervix or endometrium (although infectious cause is more common).
** Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia)
* Chronic granulomatous endometritis is usually caused by [[MTB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis|MTB]].
** Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhea)
** Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus)
** Mycoplasma hominis
** [[MTB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis|MTB]]  
** [[HSV-1, Herpes Simplex Virus|HSV-1]]  
** [[HSV-2, Herpes Simplex Virus|HSV-2]]




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* Signs and symptoms include lower abdominal pain (suprapubic), rigors, fever, and the discharge of pus on introduction of a sound into the uterus.  
* 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 ===
=== Miasms ===
[[HSV-1, Herpes Simplex Virus|HSV-1]]


[[HSV-2, Herpes Simplex Virus|HSV-2]]
* [[HSV-1, Herpes Simplex Virus|HSV-1]]
 
* [[HSV-2, Herpes Simplex Virus|HSV-2]]
[[MTB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis|MTB]]
* [[MTB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis|MTB]]

Latest revision as of 22:21, 28 April 2023

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

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