How big is a female uterine fibroid?

Women's health issues have always been a matter of concern to people, especially women's physical and reproductive health is the biggest problem and the primary cause of some important diseases in women. For example, uterine fibroids are a major disease that threatens women's life and health, and the degree of damage to women's physical health is very large. So how big is a female uterine fibroid considered large? Let’s take a look at the explanation below.

Generally speaking, fibroids larger than 5.0 cm are considered serious and require prompt surgical removal. However, the specific treatment plan needs to be determined based on individual age, clinical manifestations and endocrine conditions. In general, if the fibroid is larger than 3 cm and has a rich blood supply, surgery should be performed as soon as possible.

In addition, if the following physiological indicators are met, it also indicates that your uterine fibroid symptoms are more serious and require surgery.

(1) Due to uterine fibroids, patients may suffer from heavy menstrual flow, long menstrual periods, and long-term excessive menstrual blood loss, which may lead to secondary anemia and even anemic heart disease. In severe cases, patients may experience symptoms such as general fatigue, pale complexion, shortness of breath, and palpitations. It is more common in submucosal uterine fibroids and intramural uterine fibroids. In this case, it cannot be delayed arbitrarily. It is recommended that surgery be performed at the right time, which is an effective treatment method. Otherwise, it may be life-threatening. There was a patient with uterine fibroids in a remote mountainous area. Due to multiple uterine fibroids, she had heavy and long-term menstrual flow, increasingly severe anemia, fatigue, shortness of breath, and palpitations. She could no longer work and came to the hospital for treatment. The patient looked severely anemic, with a hemoglobin of only 40g/L. She was advised to be hospitalized, but she went home on her own. She fainted while going to the toilet at home and died. ;

(2) Myoma compresses pelvic organs and causes corresponding symptoms: such as compression of the bladder causing urgency, frequency, or even difficulty urinating; compression of the rectum causing rectal irritation symptoms or even difficulty defecation; low-lying myoma or cervical myoma or broad ligament myoma compresses the ureter and causes hydrops in the ureter and renal pelvis. People who experience symptoms of pelvic organ compression do not necessarily also have heavy menstrual flow or prolonged menstruation.

Generally speaking, surgical treatment should be considered once cervical fibroids, broad ligament fibroids, and submucosal fibroids are discovered.

From the above explanation, female uterine fibroids that exceed 5cm are considered relatively large tumors. Therefore, women at this time must undergo timely examination and treatment. If necessary, surgical treatment can be adopted to eradicate the disease site in time, so that the diseased site can be completely connected with the body to prevent the metastasis of the disease.