The uterine fibroid is a mature benign tumor that grows in the walls of the uterus. In other words, this is an excessive proliferation of connective tissue in the uterus, which can be noted by single seals or nodule-like compactings.
The main thing that you should know: if the diagnosis of fibroids, it is that this tumor rarely grows into a malignant tumor. Therefore, you need to find a good doctor and try to cure this disease.
Fibroids of the uterus and pregnancy, as a rule, are not connected in any way. For the conception and development of the fetus, this tumor is not a threat. It happens that the size of the tumor increases during pregnancy, but this is due to the fact that the uterus itself grows. After birth, usually the fibroid decreases in size, and in some cases disappears altogether.
It is important to remember that fibroids and uterine fibroids are not the same thing. Myoma is a growth of the muscular tissue of the uterus, while fibroids are a tumor-like proliferation of connective tissue. In addition, for the treatment of fibroids, surgical intervention is practically not used, as it usually resolves itself to the menopause period. Fibroma is prone to rapid growth, and therefore for her treatment often requires surgery.
Uterine fibroids - symptoms and diagnosis
More often than not, the fibroids of the uterus do not manifest themselves - women can not complain about these or other symptoms. Severity of symptoms is always due to location (inside the walls of the uterus, outside the uterus, in the uterus or in the uterus), size, amount, type of uterine fibroid. We note the most common symptoms of this disease:
- profuse and prolonged bleeding with blood clots, accompanied by severe pain;
- anemia with bleeding;
- feeling of pressure and pain in the pelvic region;
- pain in the bladder area, which can be accompanied by increased urination, delay or incontinence;
- a feeling of pressure on the intestines, which can be accompanied by constipation and flatulence;
- an increase in the abdomen, which is often written off for pregnancy or for weight gain;
- pain during sexual intercourse.
For the diagnosis of uterine fibroid methods of standard gynecological examination, ultrasound diagnosis, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging. All these methods allow you to find out what the fibroid of the uterus looks like. Nodular uterine fibroid is always like a tight round knot, the size of which is evaluated in weeks - as well as the size of the fetus as pregnancy progresses.
Fibroids of the uterus - causes
Despite the prevalence of uterine fibroid, the causes of the onset of this disease are still unknown until the end. There is an opinion that fibroma provokes an elevated level of estrogen. This conclusion was reached by scientists when they noticed that this disease is never detected in girls before menstruation, it is rarely detected in women of menopausal age, but is often found in women of childbearing age, especially in those who take estrogen containing preparations.
Fibroids of the uterus - consequences
Consider how dangerous is the uterine fibroid. First, it can lead to a violation of reproductive function, that is, to inability to conceive. During pregnancy, uterine fibroids can sometimes cause premature birth,
Removal of uterine fibroids
To remove fibroma of the uterus with extremely severe symptoms, as well as fibroids of the uterus, the dimensions of which steadily increase, can be in two ways:
- closing of the vessels feeding fibroids, due to which the tumor ceases to grow;
- uterus removal.