Patient's question:
The daughter of my mother's friend is 27 years old this year. She has been in very much pain recently and wants to know about the treatment for endometrial polyps. Her family and she herself are very worried. Is it necessary to go to the hospital for a thorough examination in this case? If she doesn't get treated at the hospital, will there be any bad consequences?Doctor's answer:
I'm glad to help you with your question. If endometrial polyps are less than one centimeter and do not cause related clinical symptoms, leading to menstrual irregularities or spotting vaginal bleeding, you can consider not treating and closely monitoring. Alternatively, you can take the short-term birth control pill Mirena. Follow up for reexamination after 3 to 6 months. If the polyps have already caused related clinical symptoms, resulting in continuous vaginal bleeding, or if the endometrial polyps are less than one centimeter in size, you should consider undergoing hysteroscopic surgery to remove them.