Fibroids small size - is the size of fibroids to 15-25 mm. Most often, such fibroid does not manifest itself and is a random finding during an ultrasound study of the pelvic organs. The aim of the treatment of uterine fibroids is a complete cessation of its growth.
Fibroids small sizes - as it appears
Myoma - a benign tumor
A benign tumor - is not always safe
, Which comprises smooth muscle cells and connective tissue. This is the most common benign tumor of the uterus in women aged 35-55 years.
Depending on the ratio of muscle and connective tissue tumors called fibroids, fibroma or leiomyoma. But tumor occurs mainly from muscle tissue. At the same time today know why all of a sudden one of the smooth muscle cells begins suddenly involuntarily share.
This initial cell and a stable core, which determines the size of the tumor, which will be saved, even in the complete absence of its blood supply. Fully fibroids never disappears.
The appearance of the tumor usually begins around the age of 30 years, when the woman has a variety of gynecological diseases. To achieve the size that can be detected during ultrasound, the tumor takes about five years.
Fibroids small size can grow very fast or long exist unchanged. During menopause, when the content in the body decreases the female sex hormones estrogen, fibroids can spontaneously shrink to the size of the stable nuclei.
Various external and internal factors may stimulate the growth of fibroids. This usually occurs after the age of 35-40 years. This induced abortion, obstructed labor, high physical and psychological stress, and various neuroendocrine disorders (eg, obesity) and so on. All these factors have a stimulating effect on the growth of fibroids.
Identification of the small size of fibroids
Uterine small size (15-25 mm in diameter) is usually detected during ultrasound. Modern equipment allows to reveal myoma node diameter up to 5 mm.
As a rule, small fibroids does not manifest itself in a number of years and then, after the age of 35 years, there are characteristic symptoms of the disease.
Symptoms
Fibroid symptoms small dimensions can only appear in the case where the fibroid is located directly under the mucous membrane of the uterus. This is called submucosal fibroids and its first manifestations are cyclical bleeding.
Cyclic bleeding - a heavy prolonged bleeding. Hemorrhage while growing with the growth of the tumor. At the same time a woman can be confusing aching pain in the lower abdomen and lower back.
If a fibroid grows long, the woman did not always notice these changes, including their norm. However, regular blood loss can be significant at this stage of the disease leads to a slow and imperceptible development of iron deficiency anemia
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. At the same time a woman has a little weakness, malaise, decreased performance due to the fact that in the blood decreases the amount of hemoglobin and red blood cells and then.
If fibroids small size located within the muscle layer of the uterus (interstitial) or under the outer, serous, shell, then in this step, it usually does not manifest itself.
Do I need to treat fibroids small size
After identifying fibroids small size it is imperative to achieve stabilization, that is, to reduce the size of the stable core and persistent suppression of growth. These fibroids can be a long time in the same state.
To stabilize the small size of fibroids can be with the help of lifestyle changes and conservative hormonal therapy
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Women are advised to follow the recommendations on diet - a diet of fatty meats excluded (source of cholesterol, which is the formation of estrogen to stimulate the growth of uterine fibroids), instead it is recommended to use more vegetables, fruits, cereals. Excluded and digestible carbohydrates (sweets, pastries), which can lead to obesity and increase the growth of fibroids.
A woman should lead a moderately active lifestyle, eliminating the high physical and psychological stress.
To suppress the growth of fibroids and reduce its size to the size of the stable nuclei are different hormones
Hormonal treatments - not only contraceptives
. These are mainly low-dose hormonal contraceptives, which include third-generation progestins. Such drugs are administered orally or injected in utero as a hormonal intrauterine devices. It helps to restore normal hormonal levels of women and stabilize fibroids.
Galina Romanenko