What are fibroids?

Fibroids, also referred to as uterine fibroids, are benign, non -dancerous tumors that grow in the uterus. They often occur during female birth and are the most common benign growth that occurs in women. About one of each 1000 fibroids becomes cancer, although many doctors think cancer in these cases is not really due to growth. Up to 75% of women receive fibroids in one or the other point, but most of them are completely unnoticed because they do not cause any symptoms. They relate from microscopic to grapefruit size, and the largest can be felt by a woman through the abdominal wall. These growth that cause symptoms are often associated with excessive pain or bleeding during the menstrual period, lower back pain and frequent urination. Suddenly, unpleasant tumors were always removed by the design of hystectomy. Newer surgical techniques, however, now allow to remove fibroids from the uterII, especially in women who still want to have children.

Naming of fibroids or singular fibroma is performed on exactly where the tumor is located. Intramural fibroids are the most common type and are located in the uterus wall. Those found on the outside are called podvaho fibroids. These can grow relatively large and some even grow partially separated from the uterus that are connected to it with a stem. If this happens, it is known as pedunculated fibroma.

Submucosal fibroids are those that develop closely inside the inner lining of the uterus in the tissue of the smooth muscle. Sometimes these tumors are formed in the uterus cavity and are called intracavapal fibroids. The world's most always causes noticeable menstruation -related symptoms if they are sufficiently large. They will probably have to be removed, but this can often be done in an outpatient setting. By rounding the list areIn the uterine fibroids that grow in the tissue of the cervix, the lower part of the uterus that leads to the birth canal.

In a very rare case, the uterine fibroma becomes malignant, one of the signs of malignancy is that it will continue to grow after menopause. It is not known what causes the development of fibroids. No risk factors have been determined for the development of fibroids, except that she is a fertile age.