What are the hazards of single uterine fibroids

What is a single uterine fibroid? In life, many women are troubled by the fact that they have uterine fibroids every day. Single uterine fibroids are a common gynecological disease among modern women. So what exactly is a single uterine fibroid? Many women have only heard of its name, but cannot explain it specifically. So let's take a look at what a single uterine fibroid is and what harm it has?

Uterine fibroids, also known as uterine leiomyoma, are the most common benign tumors of the female reproductive system. Solitary uterine fibroids refer to only one fibroid growing on the uterus. Most cervical fibroids are solitary, while uterine fibroids are mostly multiple.

Self-examination method for single uterine fibroids 1. Feel the lump by yourself.

In the early morning, lie flat on the bed on an empty stomach, bend your knees slightly, relax your abdomen, and use both hands to touch the lower abdomen, from light to deep. Larger swellings can be found.

Self-examination method for single uterine fibroids 2. Feeling pain.

Pay attention to pain in the lower abdomen, lower back, or sacrum.

Self-examination method for single uterine fibroids 3: Observe blood.

Increased menstruation, postmenopausal bleeding or contact bleeding are often caused by tumors in the cervix or uterine body. Therefore, any bleeding other than normal menstruation must be investigated and treated accordingly.

Hazard 1. Canceration: Uterine fibroids are originally benign tumors, but a small number of women still cannot escape the risk of malignant transformation (the malignant transformation rate is about 1%), which is particularly prominent in older women. Therefore, people with rapidly growing fibroids or postmenopausal fibroids should be vigilant.

2. Infertility: Patients with uterine fibroids have the fibroid tissue in the uterine cornu compressing the entrance of the fallopian tube, causing the uterus to deform and hindering the implantation of the fertilized egg, ultimately leading to infertility. The probability of infertility caused by uterine fibroids is as high as 27%. Most patients can become pregnant again after the uterine fibroids are cured.

3. Miscarriage: Fibroids often cause the uterus to enlarge and the uterine cavity to bend and deform, leading to miscarriage. In addition, statistics show that the spontaneous abortion rate of patients with fibroids is higher than that of ordinary people, with a ratio of 4:1.

4. Secondary anemia: Uterine fibroids can cause excessive menstrual bleeding. Over time, it will cause secondary anemia and even trigger anemic heart disease. In severe cases, patients may experience adverse symptoms such as general fatigue, pale complexion, palpitations and shortness of breath.

5. Infection and suppuration: Uterine fibroids can cause pelvic congestion and infection. The infection is mostly caused by tumor pedicle torsion, while hematogenous infection is extremely rare. After infection, a few patients develop abscesses in the tumor tissue, while the rest present with purulent presentation.

6. Adhesion or inflammation: After the pedicle of subserosal uterine fibroids is twisted, intestinal adhesion will occur, which will then be infected by intestinal bacteria. The inflamed fibroids will adhere to the uterine appendages, causing purulent inflammation. On the other hand, fibroids can also cause pathogens to invade other uterine organs due to bleeding, causing gynecological inflammations such as adnexitis and pelvic inflammatory disease.

7. Free myoma: Subserosal uterine myoma may twist at the pedicle, causing acute abdominal pain. In severe cases, if surgical treatment is not performed immediately, free myoma may be formed due to the twisting of the tumor pedicle. Of course, the twisted fibroids can also pull the entire uterus and cause axial torsion of the uterus (mostly near the internal opening of the cervical canal)[6]

8. Twist:

Subserosal fibroids may twist at the pedicle, causing acute abdominal pain. If the tumor pedicle is severely torsioned and surgery is not performed immediately or the pedicle cannot be torsionally rotated, a free myoma may be formed due to the twisting of the pedicle, as mentioned above. The twisted fibroids can also pull the entire uterus and cause axial torsion of the uterus. The site of uterine torsion is mostly near the internal opening of the cervical canal, but this situation rarely occurs. It is mostly caused by larger subserosal fibroids attached to the bottom of the uterus and the cervical canal is relatively slender. The symptoms and signs are similar to those of ovarian cyst torsion, except that the mass is harder.

According to statistics, 20% of women suffer from uterine fibroids, but some have never been diagnosed in their lifetime. After reading the above text, women can self-test according to the above method. In this way, they can make their own judgment. If the situation is abnormal, they can discover it early so that they can go to the hospital for timely treatment to avoid causing greater harm.