Patient's question:
Recently, I noticed that my leukorrhea has been a bit more than usual, and occasionally it has a few red streaks. I didn't pay much attention to it. In the past few days, I've often felt a heavy and distended sensation in my lower abdomen, as well as lower back pain. After a thorough examination at the hospital, I was diagnosed with multiple uterine fibroids. Can I give birth naturally with uterine fibroids?Doctor's answer:
Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that uterine fibroids are caused by internal injuries from emotions, dysfunction of internal organs, and stagnation of Qi and blood stasis. Modern medical experiments have found: the estrogen receptor count in fibroid tissue is higher than in normal uterine muscle tissue. This suggests that the recurrence of uterine fibroids is related to long-term high estrogen levels leading to endocrine disorders.Recommendation: Seek treatment from a specialist doctor at a local public hospital. For younger individuals who wish to preserve fertility, medication can be used to shrink fibroids, forcing delivery and ensuring fetal survival. For premenopausal women with fibroids that are not too large and have mild symptoms, medication can cause the uterus to shrink and induce menopause, allowing the fibroids to expand and avoiding surgery.