Uterine Fibroids Treatment, Symptoms And Causes

By Author: Dr Andrew Napier
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Uterine fibroids are non cancerous tumors that affect a large number of women worldwide. They are one of the main reasons why women undergo hysterectomies. It can either grow in the uterus wall or on this wall. It is not necessarily for a uterine fibroid to develop alone, so clusters might appear. The size of the fibroids also differs from woman to woman and some of them are as small as a pea while others can reach larger dimensions. It is difficult even for doctors to predict if a fibroid is going to increase or reduce in size. Luckily, this fibroids only become cancerous in extremely rare case.

The causes of uterine fibroids are not elucidated completely. It is believed that women who had fibroids in the family are also likely to develop them. Some races are also more predisposed than others. There might be a connection between uterine fibroids and the estrogen levels, so they might occur in women who take birth control pills. Overweight is a triggering factor, as well as early onset of menstruation or absence of any babies. Uterine fibroids usually occur in women in the reproductive period and are less probable to ...
... develop once the woman has already reached menopause.

In some women uterine fibroids might have no symptoms at all. Others might experience symptoms that vary in severity and include massive bleeding during menstruation or irregular bleeding, abdominal pains, frequent urination or constipation (because of the pressure that the fibroids apply on other body organs) and even infertility. Uterine fibroids are usually discovered during medical examination.

In case uterine fibroids have occurred closely to the menopause age or at a point where a woman doesn’t need to conceive babies anymore and if there are not bothering symptoms, fibroids might not require treatment. They might disappear after menopause. However, in the rest of the cases the doctor needs to indicate the most appropriate treatment option. In young women without any symptoms, the fibroids are not surgically removed, but are carefully monitored in order to immediately notice if something goes wrong. Depending on the severity of the case, the doctor might recommend surgery. This can either be myomectomy, which implies that only the fibroid is removed from the uterus wall or a hysterectomy which implies uterus removal also. There are various methods of performing these surgical procedures and the doctor is probably going to suggest the one that is most appropriate in each case.

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