Abuse of hormone beauty products can cause uterine fibroids

Xiao Quan, 32 years old, opened an import and export trading company five years ago. Although she encountered the financial crisis, thanks to her hard work over the past five years and her vigorous and decisive work style, the company was not involved in the crisis. Instead, it prospered and became more and more prosperous. The employees all called her a "strong woman."

Although she is very strong in her career, Xiaoquan is still unmarried, which is her biggest concern. Even if she shows that she doesn't care about personal problems in front of outsiders, she can't escape the loneliness in front of her parents. Her parents see it and are anxious. They keep urging her, saying "it's hard for a woman to get married when she's older". Xiaoquan is busy with work all day and lacks sleep, so she really feels that she looks older than her actual age.

As a last resort, with the mentality that women over 30 must take good care of themselves, Xiao Quan bought a lot of beauty and health products. The beauty products were to help her cover up the traces of time, and the health products were to help improve her immunity and make herself look younger.

Recently, Xiaoquan seemed to be younger and more radiant, but her old friend was becoming more and more abnormal. Not only was her period irregular, but it was also longer than before, her menstrual flow was heavier every time, and she often felt lower abdominal pain. She went to the hospital for a check-up and was diagnosed with

Question: Is it wrong to love beauty?

The doctor replied: It is not wrong to love beauty, but the quietly growing uterine fibroids are closely related to the abuse of hormones and hormone beauty products for delaying aging by young women. The growth of uterine fibroids is related to the overstimulation of estrogen, so uterine fibroids are prone to occur in women of childbearing age with vigorous ovarian function. The hormone levels of pregnant women increase, and uterine fibroids will also increase accordingly; conversely, uterine fibroids of menopausal women generally stop growing, and some even shrink. From clinical cases, many working women go to beauty salons regularly to delay aging, and abuse hormone-containing anti-aging beauty products, which just leads to excess estrogen in the body, stimulating the formation of uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts.

Question: Why do unmarried people get uterine fibroids?

The doctor replied: There are two main reasons. First, there are more hormone-containing foods in modern people's diet, such as livestock and seafood fed with estrogen. Long-term consumption will lead to an increase in estrogen content in the body. Second, women's menstrual timing has changed, with the age of menarche generally being advanced and the age of menopause being delayed.

The diagnosis of uterine fibroids is not difficult, but because its early symptoms are very similar to those of general menstrual diseases and gynecological inflammation, such as increased vaginal discharge, pain, secondary anemia, etc., it is easy to be ignored. Married women have more opportunities to undergo gynecological examinations such as B-ultrasound than unmarried women, so once there is a lesion, it can often be discovered in time. However, most young women think that they will not get gynecological diseases if they do not have sex, so they rarely go to the hospital for examination, and when they find it, they often miss the best treatment period. Therefore, it is very necessary for women to have a B-ultrasound examination once a year after the age of 30, and for married women or women with a history of sexual life to have a gynecological examination once a year.