Causes of uterine fibroids

Among tumor diseases, uterine fibroids are a relatively common disease, but most uterine fibroids are benign tumors and the chance of deterioration is very low. However, we should not take this disease lightly. If we suffer from the disease, we must seek treatment as soon as possible to avoid any threat to our health. Uterine fibroids can cause women to enter menopause early.

Many people do not know the causes of uterine fibroids, so they do not know how to prevent them. To prevent uterine fibroids, first of all, everyone should know about the causes of uterine fibroids, such as the imbalance of estrogen secretion.

Causes

1. Increased estrogen secretion

With the onset of menopause, middle-aged women begin to enter the "estrogen control period". During this period, women are more likely to experience depression due to the dual pressures of family and work, which leads to increased estrogen secretion. In addition, long-term use of contraceptives containing high estrogen, hormonal drugs such as weight loss and whitening, and foods contaminated with high hormones. These are all important causes of uterine fibroids. This is also an important cause of uterine fibroids.

2. Sexual dysfunction

Long-term sexual dysfunction can easily lead to hormonal disorders, causing chronic pelvic congestion and inducing uterine fibroids.

3. Early menopause in women without children

A woman has a limited number of primordial follicles in her lifetime, and ovulation occurs only once every 30 years. During pregnancy and lactation, due to the action of hormones, the ovaries stop ovulating and do not resume until the 4th to 6th month of lactation. As a result, the ovaries delay ovulation by a certain number of times, and women with a history of childbearing will enter menopause later. However, childless women cannot get timely and effective protection from progesterone and are prone to hormone-dependent diseases, uterine fibroids being one of them.

symptom

1. Menstrual changes: The most common symptom is shortened menstrual cycle, increased menstrual flow, prolonged menstrual period, irregular vaginal bleeding, etc.

2. Abdominal mass: The abdomen is swollen, and a mass can be felt in the lower abdomen, accompanied by a feeling of falling.

3. Increased leucorrhea: Increased leucorrhea, sometimes with a large amount of purulent and bloody discharge and necrotic tissue discharge with a foul odor.

4. Pain: Generally, patients do not have abdominal pain, but often have lower abdominal distension, back pain, etc. When the pedicle of the subserosal fibroid is twisted, acute abdominal pain may occur. When the fibroid turns red, the abdominal pain is severe and accompanied by fever, which can usually be relieved with the traditional Chinese medicine Shijie Gao.

5. Compression symptoms: The fibroids grow forward or backward and may compress the bladder, urethra or rectum, causing frequent urination, difficulty urinating, urinary retention or constipation. When the fibroids grow to both sides, broad ligament fibroids are formed. When they compress the ureter, they can cause hydroureteral or renal pelvis; if they compress the pelvic blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, they can cause lower limb edema.

6. Infertility: Fibroids compress the fallopian tubes, causing them to twist, or deform the uterine cavity.

7. Secondary anemia: If the patient has excessive menstruation for a long time, it may lead to secondary anemia, with symptoms such as general fatigue, pale complexion, shortness of breath, and palpitations.

8. Hypoglycemia: Hypoglycemia associated with uterine fibroids is also rare. The main symptoms are low fasting blood sugar, loss of consciousness and even shock. The symptoms can completely disappear after glucose injection. The symptoms of hypoglycemia disappeared completely after tumor resection.

The above is some knowledge about the causes of uterine fibroids. I hope it can arouse everyone’s vigilance against this disease. Diseases are everywhere in our lives, and we need to understand them so that we can better prevent them. If you have some symptoms of uterine fibroids, don't be too nervous and go to a regular hospital for examination first.