What causes uterine fibroids? Can oral contraceptives also cause uterine fibroids?

Uterine fibroids is a well-known disease. With the improvement of living standards, more and more people suffer from this disease, but the most common disease is women of childbearing age. So, what are the causes of uterine fibroids? If you want to prevent this disease, you should know the causes of this disease. The causes of uterine fibroids are as follows:

1. Childbearing age: 25 years old is the most suitable age for women to have children. It can be seen that most women with this disease have children late.

2. Oral contraceptives: For women who take contraceptives for a long time, the probability of developing this disease is higher than those who do not take contraceptives.

3. Environmental influences: Being in an environment that is unfavorable to the body, such as long-term exposure to pesticides and eating animals fed with hormones, may be the cause of this disease.

4. Obesity: Obese women have more estrogen in their bodies, and this disease has always been dependent on this hormone, so women are reminded that obesity will increase the incidence of this disease.

5. Diet: Women who mainly eat meat are more likely to suffer from this disease. It is recommended to eat more low-fat and high-vitamin foods.

In addition, uterine fibroids are a common tumor disease, which is common in women under 30 to 50 years old. The vast majority of uterine fibroids are benign. However, because uterine fibroids tend to occur frequently, in women of childbearing age, fibroids may gradually increase with age, and myomectomy may also recur. The rate of malignant change of uterine fibroids is very low, about 0.4-0.8%. However, we still need to be alert to the risk of malignant change, so we should know how to prevent uterine fibroids.

The above is a brief introduction to the causes of uterine fibroids. I believe everyone knows it. There are many small details in life that may cause diseases. Paying attention to these will have good disease prevention.