When you have fibroids, you become very nervous, but you don’t have to be so nervous! Uterine fibroids are benign tumors and are common in gynecology. About 20-25% of sexually mature women have uterine fibroids. If you are still unsure, here is an introduction to fibroids. The site of uterine fibroids Uterine fibroids can occur in any part of the uterus and can be classified according to their site of occurrence: intermural fibroids, subplasmic fibroids and submucosal fibroids. Symptoms of fibroids 1. Compression symptoms: fibroids growing forward or backward can compress the bladder, urethra or rectum, causing frequent urination, difficulty in urination, urinary retention or constipation. When the myoma grows to both sides, it forms broad ligament myoma, which can cause ureteral or pelvic effusion when it compresses the ureter; if it compresses the pelvic vessels and lymphatic vessels, it can cause lower limb edema. Pain: Generally, patients do not have abdominal pain, but often have lower abdominal cramps, back pain, etc. When the subplasma myoma is twisted, acute abdominal pain can occur when the myoma is red, abdominal pain is severe and accompanied by fever. 3. Menstrual changes: Menstrual changes are one of the most common symptoms of uterine fibroids: progressive increase in menstrual flow and prolonged periods. Subplasmalemmal fibroids often do not have menstrual changes. Larger fibroids can have pressure symptoms, such as frequent urination and constipation. Early-stage fibroids often have no symptoms and therefore are not easily detected, and are often known only by physical examination. Therefore, women in sexual maturity should have regular gynecological checkups, especially once every 3-6 months after the discovery of fibroids, in order to detect changes and deal with them early. Choice of uterine fibroid treatment 1.Surgical therapy: For those patients whose fibroids are equivalent to more than one and a half months of pregnant uterus, if the fibroids still continue to grow and have the tendency to protrude and twist into the abdominal cavity, they should be removed through surgery in time. 2.Conservative therapy: For patients whose fibroids are not as large as six weeks of pregnancy and who are already menopausal or on the verge of menopause, if they have no uncomfortable symptoms or can reduce the amount of bleeding with non-surgical treatment, they can be used. 3.Expectant therapy: For middle-aged women who are older and have small fibroids, they can be temporarily treated without any drugs and other treatments, and they can be examined by gynecological internal examination and ultrasound once every three months. If there is no rapid growth of the tumor, bleeding and painful symptoms, they can expect the fibroids to shrink day by day through the increasing age and the decreasing level of sex hormones.