Fibroids what are the symptoms?

ibroid symptoms are often blamed on other causes. Sometimes, the symptoms of fibroid tumours are not even noticed,as was the case with me( in the beginning) while other times the quality of life is impacted every day. Fibroid tumours are non-cancerous growths that form in the uterus. Fibroid tumors frequently grow in groups, and they can be as small as a pea or as large as an or as in my case as large as a small football! Fibroid tumors afflict nearly a huge population of women throughout the world and will aim to put some statistical figures together in another post. One statistic that I do know is that approx 40% of women will develop fibroid tumor symptoms just before the menopause. However with me it was about 15 years earlier!

Here are some symptoms of fibroid tumors:

1. Pressure on the bladder or lower abdomen - this pressure can result in having to go to the toliet often. Also, you can feel a sense of urgency to urinate before you normally would expect to have to go.

2. Pain - especially lower abdominal pain or in the bladder area. The pain can come and go or it can be somewhat invariable. And pain with sexual activity can happen if the fibroid tumors grow in close to the vagina or become large enough to cause the vaginal walls to protrude.

3. Menstrual cycle problems - heavy bleeding or painful periods, sometimes bleeding between periods. Women with fibroids sometimes have periods that last 8 days or longer. If frequent or heavy bleeding occurs, the excessive blood loss can result in an anemic condition.

4. Pressure on the bottom - the result is constipation.

5. Increase in waist size and shape - even though there's no significant weight gain, your clothing no longer fits around the midsection.

6. Depression, irritability - constant pain can wreak havoc with ones state of psyche.

7. Infertility and pregnancy ramifications - a fertilized egg cannot implant in the uterus if that wall is already occupied by fibroids leading to miscarriage. When fibroid tumors are found near the fallopian tubes, the passage may be partially or totally closed up. This usually means that the egg cannot come down and the sperm cannot go up, so the egg and the sperm can never meet and pregnancy cannot occur. When a fertilized egg does implant in the uterine wall with a fibroid tumor located near the implantation site, the fibroid may continue to grow, demanding both space and nourishment needed by the foetus. The result may be miscarriage.

Fortunately, only a small percent of fibroid tumors are malignant. On a personal note the only system I got was number 4 and I will explain more when I put together my daily journal.