Causes and symptoms of submucosal uterine fibroids

Everyone has heard of uterine fibroids, a common gynecological disease. One of them is called submucosal uterine fibroids. So, what are submucosal uterine fibroids? Women have a certain understanding of its symptoms and causes. Let's introduce the causes and symptoms of submucosal uterine fibroids.

Uterine fibroids (myoma ofuterus), uterine leiomyoma, also known as uterine leiomyoma, are the most common benign tumors of the female genitalia. It is estimated that one in every four or five women over the age of 35 suffers from uterine fibroids. Many patients with uterine fibroids have no symptoms. In the census, they found that according to the different parts of the uterus, they are mainly divided into three categories, of which the third category is submucosal uterine fibroids. Including fibroids inside the uterus or outside the cervix. Submucosal fibroids are divided into submucosal uterine fibroids type O, type I, and type II according to the relationship between the intrauterine fibroids and the uterine wall. Type 0: pedicled submucosal uterine fibroids, no myometrial expansion; Type I: pedicleless, less than 50% expansion into the myometrium; Type II: pedicleless expansion into the myometrium by more than 50%.

Causes

Generally speaking, the cause of uterine fibroids may be related to excessively high estrogen levels in the body, hyperplasia of uterine smooth muscle cells caused by long-term estrogen stimulation, whether the fibroids grow in the body, or physical constitution, that is, the genes in the body determine whether uterine fibroids grow.

1. Age: Benign tumors mostly occur in women of childbearing age, malignant tumors mostly occur in elderly women, and a few special types of tumors mostly occur in adolescent and teenage women.

2. Fertility: Fertility factors such as premature delivery, dense birth, and multiple births. In addition, estrogen levels increase during pregnancy and fibroids increase rapidly.

3. Endocrine: Many women take estrogen-containing medications, supplements, and some beauty and skin care products without a doctor's guidance, intentionally or unconsciously increasing estrogen levels in the body.

4. Unhealthy lifestyle: smoking, especially heavy smoking, long-term drinking and high-fat food.

symptom

1. Secondary anemia: If the patient has excessive menstruation for a long time, it may lead to secondary anemia, general fatigue, pale complexion, shortness of breath, palpitations and other symptoms of submucosal uterine fibroids.

2. Menstrual changes: The most common symptoms of submucosal uterine fibroids are shortened menstrual cycle, increased menstrual volume, prolonged menstruation, irregular vaginal bleeding, etc.

3. Increased leucorrhea: When submucosal fibroids ulcerate, infect, bleed, or necrotize, bloody leucorrhea, pus, or purulent leucorrhea will be produced.

4. Infertility: Fibroids compress the opening of the fallopian tube or deform the uterine cavity, hindering the implantation of the fertilized egg. At this time, submucosal uterine fibroids can cause infertility or miscarriage.

After the above introduction, I hope that female friends can have a correct understanding and understanding of submucosal uterine fibroids. Women should develop good living habits and reduce the occurrence of the disease by avoiding the causes. Women with symptoms should actively seek medical treatment.