WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2002: Re: uteral fibroid

Re: uteral fibroid

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 29 Jun 2002 19:19:18 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Patricia wrote: >
>My mother calls me the other day and tells me that she now knows why her
>lower belly's been hurting. She tells me that she has a uteral fibroid.
>My mother has already gone through menapause and she is on prempro. The
>two doctors she has already consulted both say it is imperative for her
>to have a complete hystorectamy. She already canceled on one of the
>operations she had schedueled. She is now looking for an "alternative
>method" to rid herself of this... problem. She is scared and that
>makes sense to me, but is there anything she can do... I mean - should
>she be as afraid of this operation as to not have it? Isn't this , vital
>to her wellbeing to have a hystorectamy? I've been saving all of the
>messages related to this subject for her (computer illiterate)... and
>I'm hoping someone perhaps has some more information about alternate
>treatments, and the severity of uteral fibroids.
>
>--
>very worried daughter
>hypocrisy@att,net
>

Patricia

Uterine Fibroids can cause problems with several things, bleeding, pain and growth with pressure on adjacent organs. They are rarely malignant. Sounds like hers are painful and may be growing. Hysterectomy is an alternative, as is just the removal of the fibroids, depending on where they are located. Some docs will cut off their blood supply and this may help shrink them and diminish the pain, but the pain increases following the performance of the procedure.

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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board
Pregnancy and Birth Section
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.

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