Uterine Fibroids Treatment Part 2 Of 3

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What Are The Symptoms of Fibroids in Women?

Many women do not even know that they have fibroids. If there are obvious symptoms, it may include:

• A painful monthly menstrual cycle
• The menstrual cycle is very bleeding and persistent for a long time (which may lead to iron deficiency or anemia)
• Frequent urination or feeling disturbed by urination due to pressure on the bladder
• Feeling fullness or pressure in the lower abdomen
• Pelvic pain
• Back ache
• Constipation
• Infertility (inability to conceive)
• Miscarriage

How Is It diagnosed?

Most uterine fibroids are detected during routine internal examination when your doctor notices lumps in the uterus or in the case where the shape of the uterus is abnormal. If you have symptoms of frequent pain, your physician may request to put you on an Ultrasound Imaging Session to distinguish fibroids from tumors and other blocks that appear in the pelvic area. If the fibroids have grown on the inner lining of the uterus or within the uterine cavity, they can be seen also using a hysteroscopy, a thin, lighted tube that is inserted into the vagina to examine the cervix and inside of the uterus.

How Is It Treated?

Most fibroids do not need treatment unless the symptoms bother you and cause you problems. Your doctor will make a recommendation based on the following:

• The amount of pain or amount of blood you lose during your period
• The growth rate of fibroids
• Your Age, as fibroids shrink with the onset of menopause
• You want to have children

In rare cases, fibroids can contribute to infertility and in some surgical options it may cause infertility to women and their inability to reproduce. If you need treatment, there are a number of options you can consider (some of which are more widely available). These include:

• Endometriosis Removal: can be done for fibroids that have grown in the inner layer of the uterus using laser, a Hot Wire Loop, Electromagnetic waves or through the hot balloon treatment.
• Electrolysis of the fibrous tumor (electrotherapy) can be performed in a simple operation known as laparoscopy or endoscopy. The surgeon inserts a tool or probe into the form of a needle or sends a direct electrical current in the fibroblast and infects both the fibroblast and the blood vessels around it.
• Surgical Removal Procedure: it is an operation to remove fibroids and leave the uterus undamaged. This process is used for women who are still planning to have children. It is actually a major challenge, and can lead to more blood loss than in the hysterectomy.
• Fibroids Removal with Laparoscopic Technique: can be used in some cases, especially when fibroids grow outside the uterine cavity. If the fibroids develop within the uterine cavity, the fibro-hysterectomy will be performed by the hysterectomy that is inserted through the vagina.
• Hysterectomy: a process to remove the entire uterus. As a result, women are unable to have children. Although hysterectomy was the standard option for the treatment uterine fibroids, it is highly recommended primarily for women who are almost menopause, or women who are not concerned with infertility and the inability to have children, or who suffer from severe symptoms.
• Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) is a procedure done by a radiologist. It blocks blood flow to fibroids in the uterus. (It is also called uterine artery embolization.) For women who are not planning a pregnancy in the future, UFE is a possible option in place of surgery for fibroids
• Drugs: Women can use Drugs that reduce estrogen levels to temporarily reduce or stop fibroid growth, especially before surgery. However, since these drugs often cause menopause symptoms, such as hot flushes, vaginal dryness and low bone density, the treatment cycle usually lasts only 3-6 months. Fibroids continue to grow often as soon as this hormonal therapy stops.
• Herbal Remedies for Fibroids: Herbs and Green Tea have been proven to treat Uterus Fibroids and helped shrinking the Fibroids tumor.

Some treatments are more successful than others. For example, after the fibroids removal, there is a 25 percent chance of new fibroids growing within 10 years after the surgery. It is believed that the tumor-blocking artery prevents tumors from growing again, but more research is needed on this relatively new technique before any conclusions can be drawn. The only procedure that ensures non-recurrence of fibroids is hysterectomy.

Part 3 coming up next.

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