Benign education along with other gynecological disorders occupy the leading positions among the general incidence of the female population. To date, about 25% of the beautiful half of society are faced with a diagnosis of the uterine body leiomyoma at a reproductive age.
What does the uterine leiomyoma mean and what are the methods of treating it?
In medical practice, leiomyoma refers to a benign tumor that is localized in the uterine myometrium. If a woman regularly undergoes preventive examinations, she has every chance to detect the leiomyoma of the uterus body, while it is within small dimensions. This greatly facilitates the treatment process and helps prevent the emergence of characteristic symptoms.
In cases where the small body size leiomyoma of the uterus body begins to progress and actively increase, the patients note:
- menstrual cycle disorders;
- long and painful periods;
- bleeding not associated with menstruation;
- pain in the lower abdomen, especially after intercourse and in the process;
- if the leiomyoma reaches too large a size and squeezes adjacent organs with the uterus, there are violations of their functionality, such as difficulty urinating or problems with defecation.
In order to prescribe adequate treatment for the leiomyoma of the uterus, first of all, it is necessary to determine what type it is. It is customary to classify the education by the number of nodes:
- single;
- nodal leiomyoma of the uterus body.
By location:
- submucosal or submucous;
- intermuscular;
- subperitoneal;
- cervical;
- interconnection.
After carrying out the necessary research, and also taking into account such factors as age, further plans regarding pregnancy and childbirth, concomitant diseases, and tumor size, an alternative method of treatment is chosen.