Patient's question:
Menstruation has blood clots, then I poked it open and it looked like blood skin, I was startled. I took it to the hospital to show the doctor, and the doctor said it was the shedding of the endometrium. It's also like this this month. I don't know if it's a problem or not, because I'm currently trying to get pregnant. I don't know if it affects it or not? Thank you!Doctor's answer:
Hello! Many women experience something like "meat" during their menstrual period, and many worry if they might have uterine fibroids or some more serious condition. In fact, those "meaty" things are caused by the shedding of the endometrium. A regular shedding of the endometrium is normal—it occurs alongside menstruation.Reasons for endometrial shedding:
The corpus luteum typically survives for about 14 days before atrophying. Without the support of estrogen and progesterone, the endometrium sheds and menstruation occurs.
Irregular endometrial shedding is caused by dysfunction in the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis, leading to incomplete corpus luteum atrophy. The endometrium continues to be influenced by progesterone, preventing it from shedding completely and on schedule.
During the 3rd-4th day of a normal menstrual period, the secretory endometrium has fully shed, replaced by the regenerating proliferative endometrium. But in cases of endometrial