What are the symptoms of uterine fibroids?

Symptoms of uterine fibroids

1. Abnormal menstruation

Generally, after uterine fibroids appear, women will have abnormal menstrual symptoms, such as menstrual cycle abnormalities. Shortening, some people will even have a menstrual period in about 20 days, and the amount of bleeding each time is relatively large and the bleeding time is relatively long.

2. Abdominal pain

People with uterine fibroids will have a feeling of distension in the lower abdomen, and some people will also have obvious dysmenorrhea during menstruation.

3. Anemia

Because patients with uterine fibroids have long menstruation and heavy bleeding, if there is no timely treatment, long-term bleeding may cause anemia symptoms.

4. Increased leucorrhea

Because the area in the uterine cavity of patients with uterine fibroids increases, gland secretion will increase, so there will be symptoms of increased leucorrhea. If uterine fibroids In more serious cases, bloody leucorrhea or purulent-smelling leucorrhea may even occur when there are ulcers, infection, bleeding, necrosis and other symptoms.

5. Abnormal urination and defecation

If uterine fibroids are relatively large, or if uterine fibroids grow on the cervix or broad ligament, they will cause a certain amount of crowding to nearby organs. Pressure can easily lead to excessive urination, constipation and other symptoms of abnormal defecation.

6. Infertility

If uterine fibroids are severe, there will be abnormalities in ovulation and menstrual cycles. In addition, abnormal uterine cavity will affect the implantation of fertilized eggs. Infertility is prone to occur. Even if the fertilized egg implants successfully, the chance of spontaneous abortion is very high.

7. Abdominal mass

Patients with uterine fibroids can feel a mass in the abdomen by touching their abdomen with their hands in the morning when their bladder is full.