Why are women prone to fibroids?

With the test report in hand, Ms. Qin was incredulous. She had 2 children, how could she still have fibroids?

The incident happened after this year's medical checkup. Ms. Qin's company has good benefits and organizes medical checkups for its employees every year.

In this year's checkup, Ms. Qin was found to have several fibroids in her uterus, a situation she couldn't accept, how could she have fibroids?

Once she saw the word "tumor" her whole body was confused. The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you're doing.

Is uterine fibroids "gas" out?

Uterine fibroids are very common in women and are the most common kind of benign tumor, about 1/3 of women will suffer from this disease. The growth site of fibroids is not fixed, some women will grow on the surface of the uterus, and some will grow into the abdominal cavity, after the disease usually do not have major discomfort symptoms, as the fibroids continue to increase, may cause women to menstrual disorders, prolonged periods and other symptoms.

The clinical causes of fibroids in women are not clear, but the secretion of estrogen and the occurrence of fibroids certainly have a strong connection.

When the level of estrogen in a woman's body is too high, it tends to stimulate the uterus, leading to the appearance of fibroids in the uterus. After menopause, ovarian function will gradually decline and the amount of estrogen secreted will be greatly reduced, and the fibroids in many women's bodies will gradually shrink after menopause.

The most important thing is that it is not far from cancer.

Many women panic when they find out that they have fibroids, thinking that they are suffering from tumors, is fibroids cancer or not?

There is no connection between uterine fibroids and cancer. It is called a "tumor" because it is caused by the abnormal proliferation of smooth muscle cells in a woman's uterus, which has some similarities with the form of a tumor. However, the difference between it and the tumor is still very big, so it would be more accurate to call it smooth muscle cell hyperplasia. Women with uterine fibroids do not need to worry too much, it is not cancer.

However, some women may mistake sarcoma in the uterus for fibroids, which is about 0.2% likely to occur in postmenopausal women. In addition to the abnormal symptoms of fibroids, these women also have post-menopausal pain and bleeding.

3. Uterine fibroids are not cancer, should we cut them?

Since fibroids are not cancer, do women still need to have surgery to remove them? Let's follow Xiaomiao to understand this issue.

In most cases, women who are found to have fibroids do not need to undergo surgery, and only need to follow up with the hospital for regular checkups. However, it is worth noting that not all fibroids need to be treated, but in these cases, surgery is needed as soon as possible

In some cases, the fibroids are too large, causing the uterus to become abnormally large or the diameter of a single fibroid is more than 5cm, or the fibroids cause infertility in women.

Fibroids grow in special areas such as the submucosa, broad ligament, and cervix.

In addition, fibroids not only grow in the uterus but also affect other organs in the pelvic cavity, such as pressing on the urinary system causing abnormal urinary symptoms such as frequent urination or pressing on the intestines causing constipation, incomplete defecation, etc. When fibroids grow too fast in the body, or after menopause, the fibroids in the woman's body still do not shrink, or even grow larger.

These cases of fibroids need to be surgically removed in time to avoid the continuous development of the disease.

Four, usually try to avoid 3 behavior, do not ignore

Women, who want to protect the health of the uterus, daily must pay attention to these 3 things, and try to do less.

1, gynecological inflammation

When inflammation exists in a woman's body, it can lead to a much higher risk of fibroids, so special attention should be paid to preventing inflammation daily. In life, whether it is in intercourse or menstruation, pay attention to personal hygiene, wash your private parts with water every day, and keep your private parts dry and clean to avoid infection.

2、Multiple abortions

At present, the common means of abortion include medical abortion, abortion two, no matter which method is carried out, will bring greater harm to the female uterus. The former can easily lead to incomplete abortion, once the uterus residual embryo, easy to brings bad stimulation to the female uterus, the risk of inflammation will significantly increase, and in this case, finally needs to be operated on.

The abortion surgery requires scraping the embryo from the woman's uterus, this process will bring greater damage to the surface structure of the woman's uterus, once the damage occurs the uterus will be continuously repaired, and the repair process is likely to lead to errors, and then prone to abnormal growth, which is what we call fibroids.

3、Long-term stay up late

The secretion of various hormones in the human body has a fixed rhythm, and those who stay up late for a long time will lead to the disruption of the endocrine system, and the secretion of hormones will easily become abnormal. Once the sex hormone secretion is out of balance, the risk of a variety of diseases in women will increase, including uterine fibroids. And staying up late can easily lead to changes in a woman's menstrual cycle, in which case the risk of fibroids is also greatly increased.

Fibroids are a very common condition in women, and once they are detected, there is no need to worry too much, as regular follow-up is all that is needed when there are no major discomfort symptoms.