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What are Fibroids?
Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during your childbearing years. Also called
fibromyomas, leiomyomas or myomas, uterine fibroids aren't associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer and
almost never develop into cancer.
Symptoms
In women who have symptoms, the most common symptoms of uterine fibroids include:
• Heavy menstrual bleeding
• Prolonged menstrual periods — seven days or more of menstrual bleeding
• Pelvic pressure or pain
• Frequent urination
• Difficulty emptying your bladder
• Constipation
• Backache or leg pains
Rarely, a fibroid can cause acute pain when it outgrows its blood supply. Deprived of nutrients, the fibroid begins to die.
Byproducts from a degenerating fibroid can seep into surrounding tissue, causing pain and fever. A fibroid that hangs
by a stalk inside or outside the uterus (pedunculated fibroid) can trigger pain by twisting on its stalk and cutting off its
blood supply.
Fibroid location influences your signs and symptoms:
• Submucosal fibroids. Fibroids that grow into the inner cavity of the uterus (submucosal fibroids) are thought to be
primarily responsible for prolonged, heavy menstrual bleeding and are a problem for women attempting
pregnancy.
• Subserosal fibroids. Fibroids that project to the outside of the uterus (subserosal fibroids) can sometimes press
on your bladder, causing you to experience urinary symptoms. If fibroids bulge from the back of your uterus, they
occasionally can press either on your rectum, causing constipation, or on your spinal nerves, causing backache.
Causes
Uterine fibroids develop from the smooth muscular tissue of the uterus (myometrium). A single cell reproduces
repeatedly, eventually creating a pale, firm, rubbery mass distinct from neighboring tissue.
Fibroids range in size from seedlings, undetectable by the human eye, to bulky masses that can distort and enlarge the
uterus. They can be single or multiple, in extreme cases expanding the uterus so much that it reaches the rib cage.
Doctors don't know the cause of uterine fibroids, but research and clinical experience point to several factors:
• Genetic alterations. Many fibroids contain alterations in genes that code for uterine muscle cells.
• Hormones. Estrogen and progesterone, two hormones that stimulate development of the uterine lining in
preparation for pregnancy, appear to promote the growth of fibroids. Fibroids contain more estrogen and estrogen
receptors than do normal uterine muscle cells.
• Other chemicals. Substances that help the body maintain tissues, such as insulin-like growth factor, may affect
fibroid growth.
Western Medicine Treatment
There's no single best approach to uterine fibroid treatment. Many treatment options exist. In most cases, the best
action to take after discovering fibroids is simply to be aware they are there.
If you're like most women with uterine fibroids, you have no signs or symptoms. In your case, watchful waiting
(expectant management) could be the best course. Fibroids aren't cancerous. They rarely interfere with pregnancy.
They usually grow slowly and tend to shrink after menopause when levels of reproductive hormones drop. This is the
best treatment option for a large majority of women with uterine fibroids.
Medications for uterine fibroids target hormones that regulate your menstrual cycle, treating symptoms such as heavy
menstrual bleeding and pelvic pressure. They don't eliminate fibroids, but may shrink them. Medications include:
• Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (Gn-RH) agonists
• Medications
• Progestin-releasing intrauterine device (IUD).
• Androgens.
• Danazol,
• Other medications.
• Hysterectomy
• Myomectomy
Alternative Medicine
There is a significant progress using alternative medicine in this area.
If you want a referral of an expert alternative medicine practitioner in your
local area, please use our free referral service by calling our toll-free at
1-888-919-1188, or e-mail us to wei@weilab.com, or click the button
at the right to have us contact you.
Information gathered from the Mayo Clinic
Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during your childbearing years. Also called
fibromyomas, leiomyomas or myomas, uterine fibroids aren't associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer and
almost never develop into cancer.
Symptoms
In women who have symptoms, the most common symptoms of uterine fibroids include:
• Heavy menstrual bleeding
• Prolonged menstrual periods — seven days or more of menstrual bleeding
• Pelvic pressure or pain
• Frequent urination
• Difficulty emptying your bladder
• Constipation
• Backache or leg pains
Rarely, a fibroid can cause acute pain when it outgrows its blood supply. Deprived of nutrients, the fibroid begins to die.
Byproducts from a degenerating fibroid can seep into surrounding tissue, causing pain and fever. A fibroid that hangs
by a stalk inside or outside the uterus (pedunculated fibroid) can trigger pain by twisting on its stalk and cutting off its
blood supply.
Fibroid location influences your signs and symptoms:
• Submucosal fibroids. Fibroids that grow into the inner cavity of the uterus (submucosal fibroids) are thought to be
primarily responsible for prolonged, heavy menstrual bleeding and are a problem for women attempting
pregnancy.
• Subserosal fibroids. Fibroids that project to the outside of the uterus (subserosal fibroids) can sometimes press
on your bladder, causing you to experience urinary symptoms. If fibroids bulge from the back of your uterus, they
occasionally can press either on your rectum, causing constipation, or on your spinal nerves, causing backache.
Causes
Uterine fibroids develop from the smooth muscular tissue of the uterus (myometrium). A single cell reproduces
repeatedly, eventually creating a pale, firm, rubbery mass distinct from neighboring tissue.
Fibroids range in size from seedlings, undetectable by the human eye, to bulky masses that can distort and enlarge the
uterus. They can be single or multiple, in extreme cases expanding the uterus so much that it reaches the rib cage.
Doctors don't know the cause of uterine fibroids, but research and clinical experience point to several factors:
• Genetic alterations. Many fibroids contain alterations in genes that code for uterine muscle cells.
• Hormones. Estrogen and progesterone, two hormones that stimulate development of the uterine lining in
preparation for pregnancy, appear to promote the growth of fibroids. Fibroids contain more estrogen and estrogen
receptors than do normal uterine muscle cells.
• Other chemicals. Substances that help the body maintain tissues, such as insulin-like growth factor, may affect
fibroid growth.
Western Medicine Treatment
There's no single best approach to uterine fibroid treatment. Many treatment options exist. In most cases, the best
action to take after discovering fibroids is simply to be aware they are there.
If you're like most women with uterine fibroids, you have no signs or symptoms. In your case, watchful waiting
(expectant management) could be the best course. Fibroids aren't cancerous. They rarely interfere with pregnancy.
They usually grow slowly and tend to shrink after menopause when levels of reproductive hormones drop. This is the
best treatment option for a large majority of women with uterine fibroids.
Medications for uterine fibroids target hormones that regulate your menstrual cycle, treating symptoms such as heavy
menstrual bleeding and pelvic pressure. They don't eliminate fibroids, but may shrink them. Medications include:
• Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (Gn-RH) agonists
• Medications
• Progestin-releasing intrauterine device (IUD).
• Androgens.
• Danazol,
• Other medications.
• Hysterectomy
• Myomectomy
- o Abdominal myomectomy.
o Laparoscopic myomectomy.
o Hysteroscopic myomectomy.
- o Myolysis.
o Endometrial ablation.
o Uterine artery embolization.
Alternative Medicine
There is a significant progress using alternative medicine in this area.
If you want a referral of an expert alternative medicine practitioner in your
local area, please use our free referral service by calling our toll-free at
1-888-919-1188, or e-mail us to wei@weilab.com, or click the button
at the right to have us contact you.
Information gathered from the Mayo Clinic
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