When most people hear the word “tumor”, they feel panicked, and there is a tumor that many women have been exposed to more or less in their lives, and it is uterine fibroids.
Uterine fibroids, one of the most common benign tumors in the female reproductive system, occur in about 1 in 5 adult women.
What is the relationship between cancer and tumor? Does it all need to be one size fits all? Which women does it prefer?
Uterine fibroids “prefer” 4 kinds of women
At present, the exact cause of uterine fibroids is not uniform, the only thing that can be clear is that it is a hormone-dependent disease. Women with imbalanced estrogen and progesterone levels are more likely to develop uterine fibroids.
There are many factors that cause abnormal sex hormones in women. Below are 4 types of people who are “preferred” by uterine fibroids. Have you been recruited?
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Hereditary
Uterine fibroids are also hereditary. If you have an immediate family member with uterine fibroids, your risk of developing uterine fibroids is about 4.2 times higher than the average person.
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Stressed people
Modern women not only have to work to earn money, but also have to take good care of their children and take care of their families. The dual pressures of family and work will aggravate negative emotions to a certain extent, and are also prone to endocrine disorders and hormone instability, which will then induce disease.
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late pregnancy, no pregnancy
Neutral women are not protected by progesterone in a timely and effective manner, and are prone to hormone-dependent diseases. Uterine fibroids are one of them. Women aged 35 who are not pregnant are at high risk for uterine fibroids.
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Sexual disorder
Normal sex life has positive significance for the maintenance of endocrine; however, if the sex life is disordered for a long time, the hormone levels in the body are disturbed, which can lead to chronic pelvic congestion and induce uterine fibroids.
Six signals that fibroids are coming
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abnormal leucorrhea
Under normal conditions, leucorrhea is transparent and changes with the menstrual cycle. But if you suffer from uterine fibroids, intramural fibroids will cause the area of the uterine cavity to be enlarged, thus increasing the secretion of endometrial glands;
At the same time, it will also be accompanied by pelvic congestion, which will lead to increased leucorrhea, and these submucosal fibroids are easily infected and necrotic, so they will also produce a large amount of purulent discharge, which will lead to vaginal discharge with a foul smell taste.
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Mstrual changes
Normal menstruation has regular periodicity, mostly 28~35 days; each menstruation lasts about 3~7 days, and the menstrual volume is 30~50ml.
If the “big aunt” changes suddenly, such as heavy menstrual flow, prolonged menstrual period, etc., it is more common in submucosal and intramural fibroids, because the fibroids enlarge the uterus and the endometrial area increases accordingly, or The lining of the lining thickens, preventing uterine contractions.
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Pressure
Most patients with uterine fibroids feel nothing, however, if the fibroids are located low, even if the tumor is not large, it can compress adjacent organs.
Difficulty urinating when compressing the bladder; Difficulty defecation when compressing the rectum;
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Lump
The lump can be felt in the lower abdomen, especially when the bladder is full of urine. The more innocuous the lump, the more alert you should be to uterine fibroids.
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Pain
This is not a common symptom of general fibroids. It is more common in tumors in some special parts, such as torsion of the pedicle of subserous uterine fibroids, which can cause paroxysmal pain similar to childbirth.
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Infertility
If fibroids grow inside the uterus, they may interfere with implantation of a fertilized egg, leading to infertility and miscarriage.
Self-assessed risk of uterine fibroids
After urinating in the morning, lie down and press the abdomen above the pubic bone. If you press a hard mass, especially if your menstrual period has become irregular recently, you must go to the hospital for investigation.
Classification and impact of fibroids
It is also uterine fibroids, which can be symptomatic or asymptomatic depending on where they grow.
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Fibroids classification
According to the relationship between fibroids and the uterine muscle wall, they can be divided into three categories: intramural fibroids, subserosal fibroids and submucosal fibroids.
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Different parts of the disease have different symptoms
①The uterine fibroids that occur under the serosal layer of the uterine fundus, if not very large, have almost no symptoms;
②Uterine fibroids occurring in the submucosal membrane can cause endometritis and abnormal menstruation;
③ Uterine fibroids that occur in the cervix can cause symptoms of bladder and rectal compression.
You may ask, can uterine fibroids become malignant? Uterine fibroids are very common benign tumors that occur in women between the ages of 30 and 50, and about 20% of women over the age of 30 have uterine fibroids. The malignant tumor of uterine sarcoma is very rare, with an incidence rate of about 3/100,000-7/100,000.
However, there are always uterine fibroids patients who will worry: how to say it is a tumor, will it become malignant? In fact, the probability of malignant transformation of uterine fibroids is small, and about <1% of uterine fibroids have the chance of "sarcomatous transformation". Therefore, the vast majority of fibroids will not be malignant!
Since it’s benign, you can just let it go if you don’t have symptoms?
More than half of “uterine fibroids” grow “quietly”, so many women are usually found out during physical examination. Some people find dozens of tumors large and small, or even hundreds of tumors. …
In the past, it was believed that the enlargement of fibroids made the uterus larger than 10 weeks of gestation (two and a half months) and could be removed. However, in recent years, the size of the uterus has not been used as an indication for surgery. Most benign tumors can coexist peacefully.
If the test results show that the uterine fibroids are less than 5 cm and there are no symptoms, conservative treatment can be generally performed. After that, relevant inspections should be performed once a year to regularly observe whether there are symptoms or changes in size.
If there are obvious symptoms such as increased menstrual flow and pressure, or if the fibroids are found to be growing rapidly, they should be treated as soon as possible.
In the case of excluding endometrial cancer, some drugs can be used to treat uterine fibroids. If the drugs cannot control the disease, or the fibroids affect normal pregnancy, surgical removal should be considered.
3 tea recipes
Protect the uterus and prevent lesions
In order to protect the uterus and prevent uterine fibroids, we must first achieve a balanced diet, control weight, develop good living habits, and conduct a routine gynecological examination every year. In addition, you can also try the following :
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Regulate endocrine
Actually, not only uterine fibroids, but also many gynecological diseases such as breast hyperplasia, ovarian cysts, endometriosis, etc., are related to hormone imbalance in the body, so regulating endocrine can reduce the incidence of gynecological diseases.
Isoflavones in soybeans can help regulate estrogen levels; lycopene in tomatoes can help relieve estrogen secretion disorders; proper iron supplementation (eating some peanuts, animal offal, eggs, etc.) can help relieve ovarian A variety of uncomfortable symptoms caused by functional decline…
Gynostemma Drink
【Practice】10 grams of Gynostemma pentaphyllum per day, add appropriate amount of rock sugar to soak in water, it is also a good way of health care.
【Function】Gynostemma pentaphyllum on the one hand has a two-way regulating effect on the immune system, which can regulate the endocrine disorders of women; on the other hand, it can resist free radicals, beautify skin care, and delay aging.
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San Gong Han
The uterus likes to be warm, and the occurrence of uterine cold will greatly increase the probability of uterine fibroids. Therefore, whether it is a patient with uterine fibroids or a normal woman, you should pay attention to keeping warm, and at the same time control the intake of cold and cold food.
It is also good to drink the following tea every day
Brown sugar dry ginger tea
【Practice】5g dried ginger with a little brown sugar, put it in a pot and boil, one cup a day.
【Function】Brown sugar is warm in nature, with dry ginger, warming on the temperature, it can relieve the cold in the palace. It is especially suitable for women with cold hands and feet, weak body and delayed menstruation.
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Soothe liver and activate blood
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver meridian will pass through the liver, breast, thyroid and other parts. If the liver meridian is congested and the meridians are blocked, it may cause gynecological diseases such as uterine fibroids and cervical cancer.
Therefore, soothing liver qi, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis can prevent gynecological diseases. The following drink can achieve this effect:
Rose green calyx tea
【Method】Both make tea or boil for a few minutes to drink.
【Function】Rose has the functions of soothing the liver, regulating qi, and promoting blood circulation. It is more suitable for the elderly and people with blood stasis. It can regulate the liver meridian, Qi machine, remove silt, and soothe the nerves. It is suitable for both men and women.
(The Great National Doctor of Health)