Several treatments for uterine fibroids

　　Uterine fibroids Very common, benign tumor of the reproductive organs that usually causes Irregular menstruation , increased leucorrhea, abdominal pain and other symptoms, and female The level of estrogen in the body is closely related. A significant number of people have to undergo hysterectomies to recover healthy , the main reason is uterine bleeding caused by fibroids. Under what circumstances is surgical treatment urgently needed?

　　Surgical treatment of uterine fibroids

　　In medicine, the situation when the amount of each menstrual period exceeds 80 ml or the menstrual period lasts for more than 7 days is usually called Menorrhagia . If each sanitary napkin collects an average of 5 to 10 ml of menstrual blood, and more than one and a half packs of sanitary napkins (15 pieces) are needed during menstruation, it can be considered as menorrhagia or menstrual bleeding. anemia , at this time it is necessary to consider surgical treatment.

　　Surgery does not require uterine resection

　　Unlike before, total hysterectomy was the only method used to treat menorrhagia caused by uterine fibroids. Now, you can also choose to:

　　Remove or reduce fibroids

　　This is a treatment method that can preserve the uterus and is currently the most widely used conservative treatment. After this treatment, more than 90% of patients can eliminate the problem of menorrhagia. With the popularity of laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery, many uterine fibroids can be removed by "punching a small hole" or vaginally, and patients can return to normal life faster.

　　“"Starve to death" fibroids

　　The treatment principle of this method is to insert a very thin tube into the uterine artery and inject embolic agent to cut off the nutrient supply of the fibroid until the fibroid is "starved to death". 80% to 96% of patients can relieve menorrhagia through treatment with this method. 》》 What are the symptoms of breast pain?

　　drug suppression

　　Mainly by taking certain drugs to inhibit the synthesis of sex hormones in the body, so that uterine fibroids cannot continue to grow and gradually shrink.……

　　As can be seen from the above, suffering from uterine fibroids does not mean that the entire uterus needs to be removed. There are still many ways to achieve the same treatment purpose.