Fibroid Treatment Experience

Fibroids or uterine fibroids are benign growths in a woman's uterus that often develop with no symptoms. A woman's fibroid treatment experience depends on the seriousness of her symptoms and her childbearing plans.

Waiting

• According to the Mayo Clinic, women with fibroids that are not symptomatic may have the growths monitored periodically and refrain from treatment.

Medications

• Doctors may prescribe gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists or a progestin-releasing intrauterine device to control heavy bleeding. Physicians may also recommend nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for pain.

Hysterectomy

• A woman with major symptoms and large fibroids may have undergo a hysterectomy to have her entire uterus removed. A hysterectomy is only permanent way to control fibroids.

Myomectomy

• Women who want to bear children may have a myomectomy procedure to remove fibroids from the uterus.

Other Treatments

• A physician may perfume an endometrial ablation procedure that uses heat to destroy the uterus lining or an ultrasound procedure to remove fibroids from the uterus.