What is urinary incontinence caused by uterine fibroids?

For people with uterine fibroids, when the tumor continues to grow and puts pressure on the bladder and other parts, it is easy to have symptoms of urinary incontinence. In fact, urinary incontinence is also a common clinical manifestation in patients with uterine fibroids. Therefore, patients with symptoms of urinary incontinence due to uterine fibroids need to pay attention and take it seriously in order to understand the causes of urinary incontinence due to uterine fibroids.

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumors in the female reproductive organs and one of the most common tumors in the human body. They are also called fibroids and uterine fibroids. Since uterine fibroids are mainly formed by the proliferation of uterine smooth muscle cells, with a small amount of fibrous connective tissue existing as a supporting tissue, it is more accurate to call them uterine leiomyomas. Referred to as uterine fibroids.

Uterine fibroids commonly refer to uterine leiomyoma, which is a common benign tumor in the female reproductive organs. According to the different locations of growth, they can be divided into subserosal fibroids, intramural fibroids, submucosal fibroids or cervical fibroids, broad ligament fibroids, etc. Different types of uterine fibroids can show clinical manifestations such as menorrhagia, lower abdominal mass or difficulty urinating or defecation. It can be seen that uterine fibroids will affect urination.

The fibroids grow gradually, and when they cause the uterus to enlarge beyond the size of a 3-month pregnant uterus or become a larger subserosal fibroid located at the fundus of the uterus, a mass can often be felt in the abdomen, which is more obvious in the early morning when the bladder is full. The mass was solid, movable, and non-tender.

When fibroids grow to a certain size, they can cause compression symptoms of surrounding organs. Fibroids on the anterior wall of the uterus that are close to the bladder can cause frequent urination and urgency; giant cervical fibroids compressing the bladder can cause difficulty in urination or even urinary retention. It compresses the bladder, causing frequent urination, urinary retention, urinary incontinence, etc.; the fibroids on the posterior wall of the uterus can compress the rectum and cause constipation, and the fibroids in the broad ligament compress the ureter, causing hydroureteronephrosis, etc.; as the fibroids grow larger, they can compress adjacent organs and cause various symptoms.

Generally speaking, most patients with uterine fibroids will experience urinary incontinence if the disease has not been effectively treated for a long time. In fact, the cause of this symptom can be understood based on the content described above, but it should be noted that in order to avoid the deterioration of uterine fibroids, patients must seek medical attention as soon as possible after the disease is diagnosed.