How are uterine fibroids caused? Can female depression induce uterine fibroids?

Uterine fibroids (Hysteromyoma) Uterine leiomyoma, also known as uterine leiomyoma, is the most common benign tumor of the female genitals. Most of them are asymptomatic, and a few show vaginal bleeding, abdominal contact with the tumor and compression symptoms. Multiple uterine fibroids are common in cases of pedicle torsion or other conditions that cause pain. Uterine fibroids are the most common tumor of the female genitals. At present, the cause is still unclear. If not treated in time, it will lead to female infertility, miscarriage, frequent urination, urination disorders and other hazards, and is the main killer of women's health.

So how are uterine fibroids caused? Here is your introduction.

1. Oral contraceptives

Some women who started taking birth control pills earlier have a higher incidence of uterine fibroids.

2. Long-term stimulation by estrogen

(a) Occasionally seen in women after menarche, more common in middle-aged women. After menopause, some fibroids stop growing and gradually shrink, but they cannot disappear on their own;

(ii) endometrial hyperplasia with multiple myomas;

(3) Patients with ovarian granulosa cell tumors and theca cell tumors (which can secrete estrogen) often have uterine fibroids;

(4) During pregnancy, estrogen levels increase and fibroids grow rapidly;

Exogenous estrogen can accelerate the growth of fibroids.

Unreasonable diet structure

Surveys show that women who mainly eat meat are more likely to suffer from uterine fibroids. Because vitamins can reduce the sensitivity of the uterine myometrium to estrogen and regulate the female neuroendocrine system, especially vitamin C, women should pay more attention to their vitamin C intake.

4. Diet

Women who eat meat are more likely to suffer from uterine fibroids than vegetarian women; vitamins can reduce the sensitivity of the uterine myometrium to estrogen and regulate the neuroendocrine system, especially vitamin C.

5. Symptoms

1. Qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome: mild normal menstruation, severe metrorrhagia or bleeding, swollen and painful breasts, swollen or dull pain in the lower abdomen, a feeling of prolapsed anus, dark red tongue with purple spots on the edges, and deep, stringy or fine pulse.

2. Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire syndrome: in the early stage of menstruation, there is metrorrhagia or continuous bleeding, burning sensation in the chest, or heat in the lower abdomen, itching or tingling of the nipples, or breast pain involving the armpits, red or white vaginal discharge after menstruation, or alternating yellow and white discharge, red tongue, thin or thin yellow tongue coating, and stringy or fine pulse.

6. Depressed women are more likely to suffer from uterine fibroids

Because middle-aged women face the dual pressures of life and work, they are prone to depression, which promotes increased estrogen secretion, which is also one of the important causes of uterine fibroids in women.

7. Genetics

3. Obesity: On the one hand, fat is metabolized into estrogen, and uterine fibroids rely on estrogen for growth; on the other hand, for every 10 kg of overweight a woman has, the risk of developing uterine fibroids increases by 21%.