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Womb & liningDraft: awaiting clinical review
Chronic endometritis
Persistent, low-grade inflammation of the womb lining. An area of active research.
Overview
Chronic endometritis is usually diagnosed by finding specific immune cells (plasma cells) in a sample of the womb lining.
It often causes no symptoms.
What is well established
- Diagnosis requires a biopsy; it cannot be diagnosed from symptoms or a scan alone.
Uncertain or emerging evidence
- Diagnostic criteria are not standardised, and estimates of how common it is vary widely.
- Its role in repeated implantation failure and recurrent miscarriage, and whether antibiotic treatment improves live birth rates, remain uncertain.
This guide is general information and does not replace advice about your own circumstances. Clinical review pending.