Is there a difference between uterine fibroids and uterine leiomyoma? What are the treatments for uterine fibroids?

Uterine fibroids, also known as uterine leiomyoma, due to its special growth location, bring serious harm and trouble to women's health and daily life. Many patients are eager to know the treatment of this disease. So, what is the treatment for female uterine fibroids?

Red degeneration of uterine fibroids is more common during pregnancy or after childbirth, and can also occur in menopausal women. The cross-section of the fibroid is dark red, dull, and soft like spoiled beef. It often occurs in the second trimester of pregnancy and is common in subserosal fibroids. Patients have severe abdominal pain and fever, usually 38°C, leukocytosis, and obvious tenderness in the local area of ​​the tumor. It is generally treated symptomatically.

What is the treatment for uterine fibroids in women?

1. Drug therapy is the most ideal treatment for patients, because after curettage to exclude endometrial cancer, Chinese and Western medicine are used for treatment. However, this treatment is generally not recommended because Chinese and Western medicine hormone treatments have great side effects.

2. Ultrasound therapy Ultrasound therapy is a new treatment method that mainly focuses on the treatment area, causing the cell proteins in the treatment area to coagulate and necrotize, gradually shrinking the tumor.

3. Expectant treatment For women who are approaching menopause, whose fibroids grow slowly, whose uterus is smaller than 3 months of pregnancy, and who have no menorrhagia or compression symptoms, no treatment is required. They only need to have a checkup every 3 to 6 months and expect the uterine fibroids to shrink after menopause.

4. Minimally invasive treatment Minimally invasive surgery is mainly laparoscopic treatment. This treatment method makes up for the shortcomings of traditional treatment methods and surgical treatments, and can make patients recover as soon as possible. At the same time, the risk of surgical treatment is relatively reduced. Because it is a minimally invasive surgery, the wound is very small, which can satisfy women's beauty hobbies.