The fibroids of the uterus is a benign tumor. This is a firm mass of variable size sitting in the uterus, the uterine muscle or outside the uterus. There may be a single fibroid, but more often they are multiple. The cause of fibroids is unknown.
The uterine fibroids are more common among women aged 40 to 50 years and among black women.
Fibroids are sometimes with no symptom and are only discovered during a routine examination. The main symptoms are heavy menstrual periods, bleeding between periods, pelvic pain, frequent desire to urinate, increased abdominal girth.
Diagnosis is made by physical examination in the clinic. The examination consists of a vaginal examination and the use of ultrasound. Typically, fibroids with no symptom do not have to be treated and disappear after a few months.
If the patient has symptoms or unpleasant if it wishes to give birth (although this is not an obstacle), the doctor performs the removal of fibroids. Another method is to dry the fibroids to reduce the size and thus reduce symptoms.
13 avril 2010
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