How do I get read of fibroids without going thru operation?!
Question: I developed fibroids some three years back and am advised to go for operation. But due to some velicose veins which I have I fear. And most of the time am anaemic. Pliz do advise. Thank you.
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Hope this helps. Fibroids are not generally life threatening. Most women that have fibroids suffer heavy menstruation and that tends to make you anemic. There are alternatives to surgery and they include use of a catheter to cut off the blood supply to the fibroid and it eventually sloughs off the uterine wall and you will pass out the pieces (falls out in chunks). A small tube is inserted in the main blood vessels that supply the fibroid and blocks the blood from reaching the fibroid. Generally takes a few months and is painless and no surgery or hysterectomy. Also, if they are not very large a D&C (Dilation & Cutterage) may be performed. Basically, they give you a general anasthetic, dilate your cervix and scrape the fibroids off your uterus. If you have not had a child, some doctors may recommend pregnancy depending on the size or location of the fibroids but you will have to monitor your pregnancy closely as fibroids my grow during pregnancy. Other doctors recommend partial or radical (total) hysterectomy; I disagree with that option unless your bloodloss is so great that your life is in danger or the fibroid is so big that it's putting you in danger. Finally, if you are not comfortable with your doctor's option of surgery, get a second & third opinion. Research treatment options and discuss them with your doctor(s).
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Hun, the only way to get rid of fibroids is through surgery. I know it is scary, but the doctors are professionals and know how to take care of your special circumstances, so let them help you feel better. If you dont the fibroids will only get worse and worse.
Complications are rare among fibroid patients treated with a relatively new nonsurgical procedure known as uterine embolization. The nonsurgical embolization treatment for uterine fibroids had a 73 percent success rate at five years. Read more about it here: http://www.webmd.com/content/article/108/109005.htm
http://www.mydna.com/resources/news/200504/news_20050404_nonufe.html
An estimated 10% to 20% of women with fibroids have symptoms significant enough to require treatment.[2] A variety of options to treat symptomatic fibroids are available, including:
• Naturopathic approach
• Homeopathic approach
• Hormonal approaches
• Chelation therapy
• Interventional procedure to stop nourishing the fibroid
• Laser treatment of the fibroid
• Treatment of the lining of the uterus
• Hysteroscopic surgery to remove the fibroid tumor
• Surgical removal (myomectomy) of the fibroid tumor
• Surgical removal of the uterus (hysterectomy)
For more info: http://www.healthsearches.org/Categories_of_Q&A/Health_for_Women/1410.php
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