What are the risk factors for uterine fibroids? What is the high-risk age group for uterine fibroids?

Women with uterine fibroids will lead to many adverse consequences. Therefore, we should pay attention to reasonable treatment. Women can choose many methods, such as surgery, conservative treatment and home treatment. Today, let's take a look at the common causes of uterine fibroids, hoping to help more women. How are uterine fibroids caused?

The increase in young patients with uterine fibroids is largely related to the improvement of women's living standards and their excessive intake of estrogen. Uterine fibroids refer to nodular tumors growing on the smooth and soft uterine wall of women. Uterine fibroids have become the number one gynecological disease, and surgical cases of this disease account for more than 60% of gynecological surgeries.

Uterine fibroids are generally hormone-dependent benign tumors. Women who eat too much high-fat diet, are overweight, take hormone drugs and health products for a long time, and use cosmetics containing estrogen can cause small doses of estrogen to accumulate in the body, which is the main cause of uterine fibroids. Compared with 20 years ago, the high incidence of uterine fibroids in women has now been advanced from 40 to 35 years old. Uterine fibroids can be single or co-exist.

For some postmenopausal women, uterine fibroids can shrink or disappear on their own due to the decline in estrogen levels. However, if large uterine fibroids are not treated, they can lead to menorrhagia, abdominal pain, infertility or anemia, which can affect their quality of life to varying degrees.

Causes of uterine fibroid bleeding:

1. Due to the deformation and enlargement of the uterine cavity, the endometrial area increases, and the intramyometrial fibroids cause menorrhagia and prolonged bleeding;

2. Fibroids hinder uterine contraction or affect chronic pelvic congestion, leading to bleeding;

3. Uterine fibroids combined with ovarian anovulation, endometrial hyperplasia or polyp formation, leading to menorrhagia

4. Due to the increase of mucosal area, surface ulcers and infection, local congestion and other reasons, submucosal fibroids can cause menorrhagia, excessive frequency, spotting or irregular bleeding;

5. Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease can cause congestion and increased menstruation;

6. Menopausal irregular menstruation Generally speaking, uterine fibroid bleeding is mainly caused by increased menstruation. Menstrual bleeding is not common in simple fibroids. If there is, it often manifests as complications such as malignant changes, polyps, submucosal fibroids, and endometrial hyperplasia. Therefore, in the case of menstrual bleeding, further examination should be performed to eliminate malignant changes.