What are the symptoms of uterine fibroids?

Since the gynecological disease uterine fibroids is a killer of women's health, many female friends want to know what symptoms are when uterine fibroids occur?

What are the symptoms of uterine fibroids?

Experts point out that uterine fibroids have the following symptoms, which seriously affect the health and life of female friends. So female friends must pay attention to it.

Irregular menstruation

This is a typical clinical manifestation of uterine fibroids. The patient mainly shows a significantly shortened menstrual cycle, or may also show a series of symptoms of irregular menstruation such as prolonged menstrual period, significantly increased bleeding, etc.

Abnormal vaginal discharge

This is one of the clinical symptoms of patients with submucosal fibroids. The worsening of uterine fibroids will lead to changes in the intrauterine environment, and the secretion of glands will increase, which may lead to increased leucorrhea. If the surface of the submucosal fibroids is infected, a large amount of bloody or purulent leucorrhea may appear, accompanied by a strong odor, which can easily cause other gynecological inflammations.

Secondary anemia

Patients with uterine fibroids often develop anemia as their condition worsens. This is mainly because some patients have heavy menstruation and prolonged menstrual cycles. If this continues for a long time, it will lead to secondary anemia and a series of systemic symptoms of anemia, such as general fatigue, pale complexion, palpitations and shortness of breath.

Abdominal pain, backache, lower abdominal distension

Patients usually have no abdominal pain, but acute abdominal pain occurs when the pedicle of the subserosal fibroid is twisted. When the fibroid turns red, the abdominal pain is severe and accompanied by fever. Lower abdominal distension and back pain are common, and they are aggravated during menstruation.