Revealed: Gynecological diseases that are most "favored" on fat women

The popular style is skinny beauty, while fat body is the most disliked body type by young women nowadays, because being fat affects appearance and deprives women who love beauty of the “capital” to show off their curves.

In fact, it is well known that being fat not only affects your appearance, but also your health (it affects endocrine disorders and may lead to infertility). But what I want to tell you today is that obesity will also be a "fond" of certain gynecological diseases for women.

So, which gynecological diseases are most likely to affect obese women? Let the editor of Women's Health Network tell you one by one!

Breast cancer

Although abdominal fat is easy to eliminate for most women with obesity, it poses a great potential risk to cardiovascular disease and breast cancer. Statistics show that obese people account for about 40% of breast cancer patients.

The occurrence of breast cancer is related to estrogen. In addition to the part of estrogen secreted by the ovaries, estrogen can also be produced by adipose tissue in obese women. The higher the estrogen level, the more likely it is to develop breast cancer.

The following figures are enough to make you determined to lose weight: if the standard weight is 70 kg, the incidence of breast cancer will increase by 20% for every 10 kg increase in weight, and for women around 60 years old, the risk of breast cancer will increase by 80% for every 10 kg increase in weight!

Solution: For your increasingly “fat” body, in addition to eating less meat and other high-fat foods, you must go to the hospital for regular check-ups. If you can't resist the temptation of delicious food, then exercise more, regularly and for a long time. Athletes have the lowest incidence of breast cancer. They exercise a lot every day, which consumes excess fat. They have no excess fat on their bodies, and estrogen levels in their bodies remain low. Of course, they will not be "infected" with breast cancer.

Some people abroad have done statistics and found that if women of childbearing age exercise for an average of 4 hours a week, their risk of breast cancer will be reduced by 60%.

Infertility

Obesity has a great impact on female fertility and can lead to menstrual disorders, infertility, miscarriage, poor response to ovulation-inducing drugs, low pregnancy rate after treatment, high rate of spontaneous abortion and congenital malformations, etc. Most female infertility is related to irregular menstruation, and obesity can indeed affect the endometrium and cause irregular menstruation. Obese patients who also suffer from endocrine disorders and hypothyroidism are also prone to infertility.

Solution: It is best for women to keep their weight within plus or minus 10% of their standard weight. It is also important to note that some girls who become obese since the early stages of development (or early childhood) may have uterine hypoplasia, ovarian insufficiency, etc. There may even be incomplete development of the external genitalia accompanied by amenorrhea and the absence of secondary sexual characteristics. Such women have difficulty in fertility.

Endometrial cancer

Obesity is a high-risk factor for endometrial cancer. Most obese people suffer from diseases such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and endocrine hormone disorders, especially obese menopausal women. Among them, estrogen is the main factor inducing endometrial cancer.

If too much female sex hormone is synthesized, the excess estrogen will be lipidated and stored in the adipose tissue, which will increase the amount of estrogen stored in fat cells. At the same time, the estrogen stored in fat cells can be continuously released into the blood and metabolized slowly.

The endometrium is prone to cancer under the long-term action of estrogen, especially in obese menopausal women. The incidence of endometrial cancer is 2 to 4 times that of non-obese women.

Solution: B-ultrasound examination can effectively detect suspicious spots on the endometrium. Once the problem is found, the size, location, degree of myometrial invasion, and whether the tumor has penetrated the uterine serosa of endometrial cancer can be determined, and the diagnostic accuracy rate is relatively high. Moreover, it does not cause trauma or radiation damage to patients. Therefore, when doing a physical examination, you can do a B-ultrasound examination according to your own situation.

In addition, the latest research shows that drinking tea, especially green tea, has a certain preventive effect on endometrial cancer. However, this preventive effect may only be limited to premenopausal women.

Polycystic ovary syndrome

About 50% of people with PCOS experience obesity, while others have heavier body hair and even noticeable "beards" on their lips; some develop acne, irregular menstruation, or even amenorrhea.

In addition, according to the latest research, polycystic ovary syndrome is very likely to cause diabetes and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, polycystic ovary syndrome is also a high-risk factor for diabetes and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Solution: Weight loss is the preferred treatment option.

Diagnosis requires relevant examinations. One of the indicators is a blood test to test the endocrine level. The second is to find the source of the disease through B-ultrasound examination, and then targeted conditioning and treatment can be carried out.