What are the symptoms of submucosal uterine fibroids?

Submucosal uterine fibroids often cause symptoms such as habitual miscarriage, infertility, menorrhagia, persistent vaginal bleeding, and anemia. Fibroids are located at the opening of the fallopian tubes, affecting the patency of the fallopian tubes, or causing various pathological changes such as uterine cavity deformation, endometrial proliferation or atrophy, changing the uterine cavity environment, hindering the implantation of fertilized eggs, and can lead to infertility or miscarriage. Because fibroids grow in the submucosal direction, they will not cause changes in the size of the uterus, and early lesions are often ignored.

What are the symptoms of submucosal uterine fibroids?

Uterine fibroids themselves do not cause pain, but submucosal fibroids are prone to intrauterine infection due to bleeding or cervical dilatation. Infection and bleeding form a causal relationship. Infection aggravates bleeding, and bleeding aggravates infection. If the infection is not controlled in time, it can retrograde to the abdominal cavity, and endometritis can develop into adnexitis and pelvic inflammatory disease, causing abdominal pain, abdominal discomfort, and pain in both adnexal areas. A small number of submucosal fibroids can stimulate the endometrium due to falling, causing uterine contractions, and causing paroxysmal uterine contraction-like pain.

The surface of submucosal fibroids is covered with a thin capsule, and its blood circulation is poor, so the surface is prone to ulceration, infection, bleeding, and even necrosis. At this time, a large amount of exudate is produced, which appears as bloody or purulent leucorrhea with a fishy odor. This kind of leucorrhea, no matter how much or how little, indicates the presence of infection.

Submucosal fibroids block the cervix and sperm passage, pus-like or bloody vaginal discharge can affect sperm survival or swallow sperm, and uterine cavity infection can retrogradely lead to salpingitis and tubal adhesions, making it impossible for sperm to pass. Insufficient blood supply to the endometrium on the surface of the fibroid makes the fibroid susceptible to infection, bleeding, and necrosis, all of which affect the implantation of the fertilized egg.