Functional uterine bleeding mostly refers to ovulatory and anovulatory abnormal uterine bleeding among abnormal uterine bleeding not caused by uterine structural abnormalities. Functional uterine bleeding symptoms include irregular menstruation, infertility, etc. Functional uterine bleeding treatments include medication, surgery, etc., and patients should follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.
1.Symptoms:
(1) Irregular menstruation: bleeding is the most important symptom of functional uterine bleeding, which is mainly the change of menstruation. Different causes cause slightly different symptoms. For example, those with ovulatory abnormal uterine bleeding may have prolonged menstrual periods due to prolonged spotting bleeding caused by atrophic atrophy of the endometrium.
(2) Infertility: Anovulatory abnormal uterine bleeding may cause infertility because there is no ovulation. And those with ovulatory abnormal uterine bleeding may be due to luteal insufficiency, which makes the progesterone insufficient after ovulation, and may also cause infertility or easy to miscarry after pregnancy.
2. Treatment methods:
(1) Drug treatment: patients with anovulatory uterine bleeding can use estrogen and progesterone as prescribed by doctors to stop bleeding, and patients with ovulatory uterine bleeding can use hormone therapy as prescribed by doctors, including short-acting contraceptive pills, such as drospirenone ethinyl estradiol tablets.
(2) Surgery: patients with anovulatory uterine bleeding and ovulatory uterine bleeding can be treated by surgery if the effect of medication is unsatisfactory.
If you feel unwell, you should go to the hospital in time to avoid delaying your condition.