Prognosis and prevention of uterine fibroids

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumors in women. They are composed of smooth muscle and connective tissue and are common in women aged 30 to 50, but are rare in women under 20. According to statistics, about 20% of women of childbearing age suffer from uterine fibroids. Because fibroids often have no or few symptoms, the clinical statistical incidence is far lower than the actual incidence. It is also because uterine fibroids are often asymptomatic, so they are often ignored by women, resulting in untimely treatment, causing a variety of harms, such as causing female infertility or miscarriage, causing adnexitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, and secondary anemia.

Therefore, middle-aged women aged 30 to 50 should pay attention to gynecological examinations; those with fibroids should be cautious in using sex hormone preparations; those whose fibroids continue to grow after menopause should pay attention to the possibility of malignant transformation and should actively receive treatment. Since uterine fibroids are benign tumors, generally speaking, hysterectomy has a good prognosis; myomectomy, interventional treatment, or drug treatment may cause recurrence, so attention should be paid.

In addition to active treatment, women should also take steps in their daily lives to prevent uterine fibroids, such as paying attention to regulating their emotions, preventing anger and grief, and overthinking; avoiding excessive fatigue, and combining work and rest; paying attention to sexual moderation, paying attention to sexual hygiene, and keeping the vulva clean; cultivating good eating habits, eating at regular times and in fixed quantities; adhering to a low-fat diet; eating more whole grains; eating nutritious dried fruits regularly; and avoiding spicy, alcoholic, frozen and other foods.