Can uterine fibroids affect pregnancy? Can uterine fibroids induce uterine cancer?

Uterine fibroids are a very harmful disease. Many people are asking whether uterine fibroids will affect pregnancy. The answer is yes, so female friends must pay attention to the disease and treat it as soon as possible to avoid the harm of the disease.

Uterine fibroids affect pregnancy: Understand the hazards of uterine fibroids:

First, it is easy to get infected and purulent. Uterine fibroids can cause pelvic congestion and infection, and the infection is mainly caused by tumor pedicle torsion, while blood infection is extremely rare. After infection, a few patients form abscesses in the tumor tissue, and the rest are purulent.

2. Directly lead to infertility or miscarriage. Uterine fibroids cause the uterus to deform due to the compression of the fallopian tube entrance by the uterine horn fibroid tissue, which hinders the implantation of the fertilized egg and eventually leads to infertility. In addition, according to statistics, the spontaneous abortion rate of fibroid patients is also higher than that of ordinary people, with a ratio of 4:1.

3. Adhesion or inflammation. After the subserosal uterine fibroid pedicle is twisted, intestinal adhesion will occur, and then intestinal bacteria will be infected. Inflammatory fibroids will adhere to the uterine appendages, causing suppurative inflammation.

On the other hand, fibroids can also cause bacteria to invade other uterine organs, causing gynecological inflammations such as adnexitis and pelvic inflammatory disease, indirectly affecting female fertility.

4. Malignant lesions. Uterine fibroids are benign tumors, but a small number of women still cannot escape the risk of malignant changes (the rate of malignant changes is about 1%), especially in women. Therefore, patients with rapidly growing fibroids or postmenopausal fibroids should remain vigilant.

5. Uterine fibroids combined with uterine body cancer. Uterine fibroids combined with uterine body cancer accounted for 2%, which is much higher than uterine fibroids combined with cervical cancer. Therefore, menopausal patients with uterine fibroids and persistent uterine bleeding should be alert to the presence of endometrial cancer. Before confirming treatment, a diagnostic curettage should be performed.