How to Eliminate Uterine Fibroids

Uterine fibroids are tumors that grow on the wall of your uterus, according to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). The tumors are non-cancerous. Usually uterine fibroids do not need treatment, according to the Mayo Clinic. However, when the tumors become bothersome or debilitating, there are nonsurgical and surgical options to relieve your symptoms. These symptoms can include heavy bleeding, enlarged lower abdomen, painful periods or pain during sexual intercourse. Also, you may experience infertility.

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Eliminate Uterine Fibroids

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  Retain your fertility. If you want to eliminate your fibroids, but retain your fertility, choose a myomectomy, according to the Mayo Clinic. Surgeons perform this procedure via an abdominal incision. The incision allows your surgeon to not only remove multiple or large tumors, but also reconstruct you uterine muscle. The procedure controls your symptoms, protects your uterus and leaves no visible scarring, according to the Mayo Clinic. Myomectomy does not prevent new fibroids from developing or eliminate the growth of ones that were not removed.

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  Control the tumors. You can choose hormonal therapy to control both short-term and long-term fibroid symptoms. You will take drugs to suppress gonadontropin-releasing hormone (Gn-RH), progesterone and estrogen, which stops your menstrual periods and shirks your fibroids. However, hormonal therapy can trigger menopausal symptoms like bone loss. Because of this, you should only be on hormonal therapy for approximately 3 months, according to the Mayo Clinic.

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  Starve or remove your uterine fibroids. With uterine artery embolization, the uterine arteries are blocked and the tumors are starved of blood. This procedure causes them to shrink in approximately seven months. You may experience symptom relief almost immediately. However, the procedure may bring on symptoms of menopause.

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  Another option is to remove your uterus. Known as a hysterectomy, this option is a permanent treatment for the tumors.With this procedure, you will be unable to carry a child. and, if your ovaries are removed in addition to your uterus, you may experience early menopause. Also, a hysterectomy is major surgery and requires several weeks of recovery time, according to HHS.