What are the possible symptoms of uterine fibroids?
1. Dripping menstruation.
2.Dysmenorrhea.
3.Prolonged menstrual period.
4. Heavy menstrual flow, even too much
5.Anemia.
6.Disorder of urination and defecation.
7.Sexual dysfunction and other typical symptoms.
8.Uterine fibroids found by ultrasound.
2. Is it necessary to operate even if fibroids are found in physical examination but there are no symptoms? Is the decision to operate based on the size and location of fibroids or the presence or absence of symptoms?
Surgical pointers.
1.Symptoms are obvious, for example, too much bleeding that is unbearable; anemia.
2. Unbearable menstrual pain.
3.Note: myoma larger than 5 cm, which the author has repeatedly emphasized in other question chapters!
4.Liquefaction, necrosis, etc. of myoma.
5.Disorder of urination and defecation.
6, sexual dysfunction, etc.
7.Sudden growth and rapid growth rate, surgery should be considered because of the possibility of malignant transformation.
Can surgery cure uterine fibroids? Will it become malignant without surgery?
1.Surgery can cure fibroids, but they can recur after surgery, depending on the person, recurrence means new occurrence, the fibroids removed by the original surgery are no longer there.
2. The rate of malignancy of fibroids is low, and if there are no typical symptoms mentioned above, they can be removed without surgery and will disappear on their own after menopause.
4. Can fibroids be treated with medicine? What is the effect?
Drug treatment has no effect at all.
How often should a patient with fibroids under temporary observation be re-examined? How fast does the growth rate need attention?
1.It is better to review every 3 months, 6 months or a year.
2. If the fibroid grows suddenly and fast, surgery should be considered because of the possibility of malignant change.