According to statistics, over the age of 35 middle-aged women, about 15% of people are suffering from uterine fibroids. The probability of deterioration small uterine fibroids, generally less than 1%. Most fibroids do not target only regular follow-up examinations. When any of the following circumstances, it should be treated surgically :

1. Massive bleeding caused by uterine fibroids, or by long-term excessive menstrual so long anemia drug incurable. At this point, surgery is an effective solution.

2. Uterine fibroids grow to the size of fists, the other pelvic organs caused by the oppression and surgical resection can lift symptoms, Moreover, the probability of deterioration of the leiomyoma small fibroids than larger.

3. Leiomyoma growth too fast, or after menopause, fibroids is not only not shrinking, but growing.

4. All the normal checks and other infertile women, uterine fibroids may cause infertility time. Uterine fibroids may be habitual abortion.

Removal of uterine fibroids whether to hysterectomy? It would depend on fibroids the location, size and the age, fertility, and the severity of the decision.

As to whether the ovary and Fallopian tubes removed, it is more caution. Ovarian maintain female characteristics because the main organ for the left ovary, not the main source of female hormones. The lack of need for injections or medicine hormone supplements, it is generally not possible ovariectomized. especially for women below the age of 40.

Some patients retain cervical hysterectomy that will not affect the sex life. In fact, hysterectomy, the vagina is not reduced, and the necessary lubrication sex life and genital secretions from the vagina wall near the Palestinian-gland, uterus and no. Therefore, the removal of cervical sex life will not be affected. In addition, cervical cancer ranks first in the reproductive system, is therefore not necessary to retain the removal of the uterine cervix.

This article was posted on 2007-02-27