What are the early symptoms of uterine tumors?

Uterine tumor is a malignant tumor in the female reproductive organ, which is extremely harmful to the human body. It seriously affects the work and life of many female patients, and also destroys the physical and mental health of most patients. The uterus is very important to a woman, and its health determines whether the baby will be born. However, if there is a disease in the uterus, it will cause the patient distress and pain. So we need to understand how the disease started. What are the early symptoms of uterine tumors?

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 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.

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, 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.

6. 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.

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.

The early symptoms of uterine fibroids mainly include the following five aspects:

1. Abdominal pain: Early symptoms of uterine fibroids include ovarian tumor torsion, rupture or infection, prolapse of submucosal fibroids from the cervix or degeneration of fibroids, all of which can cause severe lower abdominal pain.

2. Postmenopausal bleeding: During the first year of menopause, vaginal bleeding may occur occasionally. If vaginal bleeding occurs after more than one year of amenorrhea, it is called postmenopausal bleeding. There are many reasons for postmenopausal bleeding. In most cases, it is caused by benign diseases, but the possibility of cervical cancer and endometrial cancer should never be ignored, although sometimes the amount of bleeding is not much.

3. Menstrual changes. Early symptoms of uterine fibroids also include menstrual abnormalities when tumors grow in the uterus, such as uterine fibroids, endometrial cancer, uterine sarcoma, and choriocarcinoma, including excessive menstrual flow, irregular periods, prolonged menstrual duration, and spotting. Certain ovarian tumors, such as granulosa cell tumor and theca cell tumor, can secrete estrogen, interfere with the menstrual cycle, and cause menstrual abnormalities.

4. Abnormal vaginal secretions Under normal circumstances, the secretions of the endometrium, endocervix and vaginal exudates form leucorrhea, which is generally not much and varies with the menstrual cycle. The early symptoms of uterine fibroids include tumors in the female reproductive tract, necrosis and ulceration of the tumor, watery, bloody and rice-soup-like leucorrhea, and if accompanied by infection, it may have a foul odor. Abnormal vaginal discharge may be a sign of cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, or fallopian tube cancer.

5. Changes in diet and bowel movements. The initial manifestations of ovarian cancer may only be abdominal distension, poor appetite, and gastrointestinal symptoms. Tumor compression or invasion of the bladder and rectum can cause frequent urination, difficulty urinating, dry stools, etc.

After reading the above introduction to the early symptoms of uterine tumors, I think everyone should have some understanding. We need to identify the early symptoms of the disease as soon as possible so that we can seek medical treatment and receive symptomatic treatment as soon as possible. Improve the current situation in a timely manner, free yourself from the torture of illness, and avoid causing excessive worry to your family.