Sunday, March 9, 2008

Uterine fibroids impact on pregnancy?

Uterine fibroid incidence of women of childbearing age about the 20% ~ 25%, occurs mostly in the age 30 ~ 50 years of age. Fibroids affect pregnancy, and fibroids location, size, number of the. For example, cervical fibroids can affect sperm into the uterine cavity, submucosal fibroids resulting infection endometrial implantation instead of gestation, Multiple giant uterine fibroids resulting in the Ministry of interstitial hampered by squeezing through sperm. Some scholars believe that the uterine fibroids can muscle wall or endometrial venous congestion expansion lead to intrauterine environment conducive to change without fecundity implantation; or embryo development insufficiency where abortion Abortion rate of non-pregnant women fibroids 2 ~ 3 times, often for incomplete abortion. Large fibroids within the muscle or submucosal fibroids can impair fetus in uterus, causing fetal position is not correct, such as the transverse position, breech presentation, enable increased cesarean section. In the delivery process, the impact of uterine fibroids normal contraction in the delivery process will be extended; Incarcerated in the pelvic fibroids can be blocked off, causing dystocia. Fibroids may also affect postpartum uterine contraction and postpartum hemorrhage caused uterine involution or bad. If the impact of uterine fibroids drainage or surface ulcers, but also prone to infection. Pregnancy on fibroid has a certain degree of influence. Pregnancy after uterine fibroid tissue edema, smooth muscle cell hypertrophy, it is frequently associated with uterine fibroids is enhanced. Because fibroids in pregnancy increases faster and insufficiency, resulting in degeneration, which changed to red and the most common kind, Patients may develop fever, headache, vomiting, tenderness and leukocytosis, and other symptoms of acute abdomen. From the above we can see that the growth of uterine fibroids It is definitely affected, it should be treated more aggressively.

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