What should I do if I have uterine fibroids during pregnancy? How should I treat uterine fibroids during pregnancy?

Uterine fibroids are common benign tumors in women. They often have no obvious symptoms in the early stages. A small number of patients may have symptoms such as menstrual disorders, irregular bleeding, and abdominal masses, which can be easily confused with other gynecological tumors. The cause of uterine fibroids is still unclear, but it is related to excessive estrogen. After a woman becomes pregnant, her estrogen level rises rapidly, so the growth rate of the fibroids accelerates. It not only affects the development of the fetus, but also causes compression symptoms, which has a great impact on the health of pregnant women. So how to treat uterine fibroids during pregnancy?

If the patient has uterine fibroids before pregnancy, doctors usually recommend that the patient get pregnant after the uterine fibroids are cured, because uterine fibroids grow faster during pregnancy, causing pressure on the fetus, easily leading to miscarriage and premature birth, and causing mental and physical harm to women. In particular, long-term miscarriage will not only cause great pain to the family, but also cause great harm to the female body because the fetus is too large.

For pregnant women with uterine fibroids during pregnancy, first of all, they should strictly control their sexual life to minimize the incidence of miscarriage and infection. Moderate or above physical labor should be avoided, and bed rest should be necessary. In the early stages of pregnancy, uterine fibroids may grow rapidly, and there may be symptoms such as irregular bleeding. Pregnant women are easily misdiagnosed as threatened abortion. It may be due to thrombosis and red degeneration, which may manifest as lower abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, etc. The pain of uterine fibroids during pregnancy can be relieved by itself. If it cannot be relieved, fibroid removal can be performed. In the late pregnancy, patients with uterine fibroids may be combined with incorrect fetal position, and delivery may cause contraction fatigue and dystocia. Then the doctor needs to take measures according to the specific situation, such as cesarean section, fibroid stripping, etc.