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MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR FIBROIDS

Less than half of women with fibroids have symptoms 

Medical treatment can be to reduce bleeding, reduce pain, reduce size before surgery, stop the process of menstruation, build back blood level etc. 
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Different women have different indications for treatment 

These treatments are to alleviate symptoms & not a CURE for fibroids 

Analgesics- Pain control 
Hematenics- build blood level
Anti fibrinolytic-Reduce rate of bleeding 
Contraceptive hormones-reduce/stop menses
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Hormonal drugs; to shrink size of fibroids before surgery
etc.

Do not self medicate on any of these medications just because a combination is working for someone you know does not mean it will work for you.

Consult your gynaecologist for best line of management for you.
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FIBROIDS
July is Fibroid Awareness Month

Few facts
They are abnormal growths of the muscles of the womb

The exact cause is unknown

They are not cancers 

They are common, in 50-70% of women

Less than half of women with fibroids have symptoms

Can be huge
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For women with symptoms, it can be stressful & sometimes devastating

Symptoms 
Heavy menses; some use adult diapers,some sit on bowls just to bleed into it, some need to be transfused with blood after each period
Painful menses so severe some can't move/ work
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Tummy & back pain 
Painful sex, in some sex is impossible.
Frequent urination
Constipation 
Big tummy(may look like pregnancy)
Can contribute to infertility in some women depending on location of fibroids
Can affect kidneys
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