How to treat uterine fibroids

The uterus is produce menstrual blood and gave birth to fetal growth and development of a rich treasure, shaped like a PEAR upside down.

Uterine body wall thick, can be divided into three layers of the "outer layer for the serous, intermediate for muscle, the innermost layer of the endometrium. Endometrial layer effects of ovarian hormones, periodic changes can occur, and for the implantation of the fertilized egg and preparing development; if you are not pregnant, it falls off each month once, and the formation of menstrual discharge. However, due to certain factors, such as estrogen level is too high, the involvement of certain growth factor and so on, will enable the uterine wall to grow ge craggy masses, commonly known as uterine fibroids.

Uterine fibroids are the most common female genital a benign tumor, the study found that 30 ~ 50 years of women, about 20% of uterine fibroids, the disease has increased in recent years.

Although uterine fibroids symptoms for most benign tumors are not obvious, but if not timely, compromising the body multiple organ, may also cause infertility, early-early treatment is necessary.

Uterine fibroid clinic in growth regions can be divided into the following 3 types: located in the uterine muscle for intramural leiomyomas, the most common, accounting for 60 to 70; growth to the uterus myoma, highlight the serosa Uteri surface, called a film of myoma, 20% ~ 30%; the mucosal layer growth of myoma and uterine cavity, called the bursting submucous myoma, 10-15%.

Uterine fibroid size difference great, small to the naked eye cannot discern the tremendous users can reach tens of kilograms.

Uterine cancer the most common symptom for menstrual changes, such as menstrual cycles shorten, lengthen, or increased menstrual quantity, especially short-term haemorrhage, can cause severe anemia patients.

Myoma of increase, the neighbouring organ compression in the daytime, constipation, Ureteral ponding, hydronephrosis, etc. Myoma in General without pain, but as the film of myoma torsion occurs, it can cause acute abdominal pain; submucous myoma can stimulate uterine contraction, spastic pain occurs, myoma red degeneration, can cause severe pain. Myoma can also increase and infertility caused by leucorrhea. There is no discomfort for medical examination done b-gynecological examination, found to be suffering from uterine fibroids.

So, how should the treatment of uterine leiomyomas? surgical treatment of fibroids points and two conservative treatment.

Doctor more according to the requirements of the age, maternity patients, clinical signs, the size and location of myoma comprehensively consider developing treatment programmes. The following situation may consider surgery: where the uterus increases greater than 3 months of pregnancy, or compression, or quantity is too large, induced secondary anemia, are operative indication. The young have myoma sterile women, if no obvious symptoms, uterine size less than three months pregnant when conservative treatment for uterine fibroids diagnosis, more reliable method is through B-mode ultrasound examination, consultation with, within the Gynecology is easy and painless.

(Practice editing: xiujie)