Fibroid Tumor Symptoms - What Are Leading Symptoms Of Fibroid Tumors?
Fibroid tumor symptoms are often blamed on other causes.
Sometimes, the symptoms of fibroid tumors are not even noticed,
while other times the quality of life is affected every day.
Fibroid tumors are non-cancerous growths that form in the
uterus. Fibroid tumors often grow in groups, and they can be as
small as a pea or as large as an egg or even a grapefruit.
Fibroid tumors afflict nearly 80% of North American women.
About 40% of women will develop fibroid tumor symptoms during
perimenopause, which is the age before menopause.
Here are the leading symptoms of fibroid tumors:
1. Pain - especially lower abdominal pain or pain and
irritation in the bladder area. The pain can come and go or it
can be somewhat constant. And pain with sexual activity can
happen if the fibroid tumors grow in proximity to the vagina or
become large enough to cause the vaginal walls to protrude.
2. Pressure on the bladder or lower abdomen - this pressure can
result in having to urinate often. Also, you can feel a sense of
urgency to urinate before you normally would expect to have to
go. In rare cases, one can lose the ability to urinate.
3. Menstrual cycle problems - heavy bleeding or painful
periods, sometimes bleeding between periods. Women with
fibroids sometimes have periods that last 8 days or longer. If
frequent or heavy bleeding occurs, the excessive blood loss can
result in an anemic condition.
4. Increase in waist size and shape - even though there is no
significant weight gain, your clothing no longer fits around
the midsection.
5. Pressure on the rectum - the result is constipation and/or
the development of hemorroids.
6. Depression, irritability - constant pain can wreak havoc
with ones state of mind.
7. Infertility and pregnancy complications - a fertilized egg
cannot implant in the uterus if that wall is already occupied
by one or more fibroids leading to miscarriage. When fibroid
tumors are found near the fallopian tubes, the passage may be
partially or totally blocked. This usually means that the egg
cannot come down and the sperm cannot go up, so the egg and the
sperm can never meet and pregnancy cannot occur. When a
fertilized egg does implant in the uterine wall with a fibroid
tumor located near the implantation site, the fibroid may
continue to grow, demanding both space and nourishment needed
by the fetus. The result may be miscarriage.
Fibroid tumor symptoms are the #1 reason women in their
thirties or forties have hysterectomies in the USA each year. 1
in 4 women will have complaints serious enough to seek medical
treatment for the symptoms of fibroid tumors.
Fortunately, only about 1% of fibroid tumors are malignant.
Physicians with patient health in mind will advise that
hysterectomy should be performed only in the event of
malignancy or other life-threatening condition such as heavy
uncontrolled bleeding. That means far too many hysterectomies
and removal of the uterus are used as a fibroid tumor symptoms
treatment. Some women with fibroids have no symptoms of fibroid
tumors other than the fibroid itself. Other women will have one
or more of the symptoms listed above.
Why do fibroid tumors develop? There are several known factors
that cause fibroid tumor growth and fibroid tumor symptoms in
women. And instead of submitting to hysterectomy surgery, there
are effective alternative treatments for symptoms of fibroid
tumors. Learn as much as you can about this common medical
condition affecting so many women today.
Olinda Rola is a leading authority on womens
health, President of InfoSearch Publishing and webmaster of
http://www.safemenopausesolutions.com - a popular website on
womens health. For information on fibroid treatments that
work, visit
http://www.safemenopausesolutions.com/uterine-fibroids.html to
learn more.
