What are the symptoms of uterine tumors?

Uterine tumor is a common tumor disease, especially in middle-aged women. The appearance of uterine fibroids can cause great harm to the health of the uterus, and the accompanying symptoms are also quite obvious, such as infertility, menstrual changes, abdominal distension, anemia, etc. If you cannot diagnose a disease in time when you experience physical discomfort, you should seek medical attention for examination and diagnosis.

Uterine fibroids often affect women in their thirties and forties, especially those who are childless, have an irregular sexual life, or are depressed. However, in recent years, there has been an increasing trend of uterine fibroids in young women of childbearing age, and it has become one of the main causes of female infertility.

What are the symptoms of uterine fibroids?

1. Infertility: Fibroids compress the fallopian tubes, causing them to twist, or deform the uterine cavity, thus preventing the fertilized egg from implanting and leading to infertility.

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

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

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

5. Pain: Generally, patients do not have abdominal pain, but often have lower abdominal distension, back pain, etc. When the subserosal fibroid pedicle of uterine fibroids is twisted, acute abdominal pain may occur. When the fibroids turn red, the abdominal pain is severe and accompanied by fever.

6. 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.

7. Compression symptoms: Fibroids grow forward or backward and may compress the bladder, urethra or rectum, causing frequent urination, difficulty urinating, urinary retention or constipation. Experts from Hanzhong Yuanda Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital said that when the fibroids grow to both sides, they form broad ligament fibroids. 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.

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.