Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Uterine fibroids can cause infertility?

Uterine fibroids in the female genital mutilation is the most common form of benign tumors, Many occur in middle-aged women, the common age for 35 to 45 years old, childless women is particularly common.
Uterine fibroids grow from the myometrium, therefore, occurred at the beginning of the uterine muscle wall, the vast majority are in the growth of uterine body, only 1% to 2% of the growth in the cervix of the fibroids, uterine body fibroids can be increased with tumor growth in various directions, with the uterine muscle wall on the relationship between different title: ① within muscle or muscle uterine fibroids intramural uterine fibroids, accounting for about 60% ~ 70% . ② subserosal uterine fibroids, accounting for about 20 percent. ③ submucosal fibroids or about 10 percent. Most of uterine fibroids for multiple, often above 2 or 3 kinds of fibroids also exist.
The majority of asymptomatic uterine fibroids, only found in the pelvic examination, symptoms often associated with growth close to sites such as submucous fibroids can be irregular vaginal bleeding earlier, subserosal fibroids can be very long no symptoms. Uterine fibroids are the symptoms often vaginal bleeding, abdominal tumors, adjacent organs can be oppressive in the corresponding symptoms, such as frequency, urinary retention, constipation, ureteral stagnant water, such as hydronephrosis. Fibroids do not happen under normal circumstances the pain, but if subserosal fibroids in torsion, it can cause acute abdominal pain, submucosal fibroids may stimulate contractions occurred spastic pain, fibroids can be red degeneration caused severe pain, fibroids merger Endometriosis can cause dysmenorrhea. Leucorrhea uterine fibroids can cause more can be accompanied by a purulent infection Leucorrhea fashion. They have excessive bleeding secondary symptoms of anemia, such as dizziness, weakness, palpitations, and so on.
About 25% to 35% of patients with uterine fibroids infertility. The reason may be due to fibroids impede implantation embryos, or intrauterine deformation due to blocked fallopian tube entrance into the fallopian tube sperm prejudice, such as leiomyoma serosal layer is close to the impact of pregnancy is not too large. In addition, sometimes accompanied by uterine fibroids ovarian dysfunction, may also be one of the reasons for infertility.

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