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Re: Uterus FibroidFrom: courtenay (anonymous@obgyn.net)Fri, 31 Oct 1997 07:36:39 -0600 (CST)
At Wed, 27 Aug 1997, Dr wrote: > >At Wed, 27 Aug 1997, Loh wrote: >> >>I am 28 years old and married for only 6 months. We plan to have our >>first child after 2 years. A fortnight ago I had pains at my lower >>abdominal and my doctor found a fibroid the size of about 4.42cm above >>my uterus. My doctor advise was to have a child as soon as possible then >>have it removed or remove it then have a child as soon as possible. >> >>Though my doctor says that the pain i am experiencing has nothing to do >>with the fibroid but the pain still remains since beginning of this >>month. Is the fibroid causing the pain? We have now taken the decision >>to monitor the fibroid periodically. If the fibroid is growing fast, >>what is the chances that it is cancerous? If the fibroid had grown too >>big, what are the options of treatment other then myomectomy? What are >>the chances of the other treatment (like holistic treatment) to reduce >>the size or to control the growth? > >-- > >The fibroid is probably not causing the pain. The risk of the fibroid >to be cancerous is zero. Fibroid is a very common situation and I saw >(or heard of) only one sarcoma in 15 years. The chance of medical >treatments to reduce the size is very low. >There is no need to do anything unless the fibroid causes trouble: Pain >actually related to it, bleeding, sterility, big size (> 10 cms). If >there is nothing, do nothing > >-- >Bernard Cristalli MD CNGOF >AIHP - ACCA >Paris - France >http://www.obgyn.net/corresp/cristalli.htm >
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