curettage examination

Curettage (D and C) is to open the cervix with a metal dilator so that the curette can enter the uterus to scrape the endometrium. This type of curettage is used for biopsy, diagnosis of endometrial abnormalities, or incomplete abortion. Inappropriate people: menstruating women. Women with reproductive tract infections. Pre-inspection contraindications: sexual intercourse is prohibited for the first three days of the examination. After 8 pm on the day before the medical examination, you should fast. The examination should be 3-7 days after the menstrual cleansing. Requirements for inspection: Checking for relaxation, checking may cause physical and psychological burdens, should be actively faced, and actively cooperate with the inspection. Avoid sexual activity for the next 2 weeks. Avoid using a tampon or lavage the vagina for the next 2 weeks. Basic Information Specialist classification: eugenics and superiority examination classification: other inspection Applicable gender: whether women are fasting: not fasting Analysis results: Below normal: Normal value: no Above normal: negative: A negative check indicates that the patient's body is normal. Positive: A positive result of the test indicates that the body may have other diseases suggesting further examination. Tips: Forbidden sexual intercourse for the first three days of the examination. After 8 pm on the day before the medical examination, you should fast. The examination should be 3-7 days after the menstrual cleansing. Normal value Negative tissue examination. Clinical significance Abnormal result Positive tissue examination, for women with postmenopausal uterine bleeding, diagnostic curettage can diagnose whether there is cancer in the uterine cavity and cervical canal. For patients with irregular menstruation, pathological examination of the endometrium is performed by diagnostic curettage. Can understand the abnormal changes in reproductive endocrine in the body. In addition, endometrial tuberculosis also needs to be diagnosed by diagnostic curettage. Infertility patients can also use the diagnostic curettage to understand the endocrine status of the body, and whether there are ovulation and endometrial lesions. Diagnostic curettage is to use a curette to gently scrape the walls of the uterine cavity, and send the scraped tissue to a pathological examination to confirm the condition. Post-menopausal women, married women who need to be examined. Precautions Inappropriate people: menstruating women. Women with reproductive tract infections. Pre-inspection contraindications: sexual intercourse is prohibited for the first three days of the examination. After 8 pm on the day before the medical examination, you should fast. The examination should be 3-7 days after the menstrual cleansing. Requirements for inspection: Checking for relaxation, checking may cause physical and psychological burdens, should be actively faced, and actively cooperate with the inspection. Avoid sexual activity for the next 2 weeks. Avoid using a tampon or lavage the vagina for the next 2 weeks. Inspection process General anesthesia or local anesthesia, expose the cervix with a vaginal speculum, disinfect the cervix, paralyze the cervical canal (unconventional), dilate the cervix with a rod-shaped cervical dilator, and extend into the uterus with a slender metal rod with a curette at the end. Cavity, scrape the endometrium and send a pathological examination. Not suitable for the crowd There are no special taboos.

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