Patient's question:
I went to the hospital for a health check-up and found out I have uterine fibroids. I don't know what caused them. Hello, how are uterine fibroids caused?Doctor's answer:
1. Women who primarily consume meat are more likely to develop uterine leiomyomas than women who primarily consume a vegetarian diet. Vitamins can reduce the sensitivity of the uterine muscle layer to estrogen and regulate the neuroendocrine system, especially vitamin C.2. Hereditary uterine leiomyomas have a certain reverse generational inheritance tendency.
3. On the one hand, obesity is the result of fat being metabolized into estrogen, while uterine leiomyomas determine the growth of estrogen. On the other hand, for every 10 kilograms of excess weight, the risk of uterine leiomyomas increases by 21%.
4. Women who start taking oral contraceptives at an early age have a higher chance of developing uterine leiomyomas.
5. The optimal age for conception for women of childbearing age is 25.