Can diverticula be cured by taking birth control pills?

Oral contraceptives alone cannot cure a diverticulum, but they can help relieve uterine bleeding, shorten menstrual cycles, etc. Uterine diverticulum is a depression that appears outside the uterine cavity and can be connected to the uterine cavity due to poor healing of the uterine lining and muscle layer after various uterine surgeries, commonly known as a diverticulum, which is equivalent to an extra “small room” in the uterine wall. Complete cure of uterine diverticulum more need surgery, such as hysteroscopic diverticulum repair surgery success rate is generally up to 80% or more, laparoscopic success rate of up to 90% or more, treatment methods are as follows: a, conservative treatment: suitable for no pregnancy needs or (has been) menopausal female patients, more take estrogen and progestogen, compound contraceptives orally, if necessary, the uterine cavity retained birth control ring and other ways. However, this method cannot eradicate the histological lesions of the uterine diverticulum, and it is easy to recur after stopping the medication. Second, surgical treatment: including hysteroscopy, laparoscopy, transvaginal repair, etc.: 1, hysteroscopy: hysteroscopic excision of fibrous tissue around the diverticulum, to facilitate the discharge of accumulated blood, in order to shorten the symptoms of prolonged periods; 2, laparoscopy: through the vaginal probe or hysteroscopic light source assisted by a clear incision diverticulum location, remove the lesion and re-suture the uterus, with the advantages of small trauma, fast recovery; 3, trans Vaginal repair: a method to remove and re-suture the diverticulum and surrounding scar tissue through the anterior vaginal vault, which has the advantages of less trauma, lower cost and faster recovery.