Fibroid Tumor Symptoms - What Are Leading Symptoms Of Fibroid
Tumors?
by Olinda Rola
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.
About The Author: 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.Copyright 2005 InfoSearch Publishing.
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