What are the differences between uterine tumors and uterine fibroids?

Uterine tumors and uterine fibroids are the same. Fibroids are tumors of the uterine smooth muscle, but they can be divided into benign and malignant. One is easy to treat, the other is more difficult to treat, and the longer you delay, the more dangerous it is. The uterus is very important to female patients. If there is something wrong with the uterus, it can easily cause infertility. The early symptoms of uterine tumors and uterine fibroids are somewhat similar, but there are also differences. What are the differences between uterine tumors and uterine fibroids?

Fibroids are small tumors that grow in the muscle layer, which manifest as dysmenorrhea and heavy menstrual bleeding. Most of them are benign. Before the nature of uterine tumors was determined, they were all called uterine tumors and were divided into benign and malignant.

These two diseases, one is a malignant tumor and the other is a benign tumor. A difference of one word leads to a very different result.

Uterine fibroids: A rare and highly malignant female genital tumor. Uterine sarcoma accounts for 2% of uterine malignant tumors and is most common in people aged around 50 years.

Clinical manifestations include abnormal vaginal bleeding (vaginal bleeding after menopause or abnormal menstruation), abdominal masses (rapid enlargement of the masses, and if the tumor grows into the vagina, there is often a feeling of protruding masses in the vagina.

The uterus is often enlarged, irregular in shape, and soft in texture), abdominal pain (due to the rapid growth of the fibroids, the patient's abdomen causes bloating or dull pain), increased vaginal discharge (serous, bloody or white, and may be purulent and foul-smelling when infected), etc. Late-stage patients may have weight loss, anemia, fever, systemic failure, pelvic mass infiltrating the pelvic wall, and fixation that cannot move.

This disease should be highly suspected in women with irregular vaginal bleeding and uterine enlargement before and after menopause or in young girls, and further corresponding examinations should be performed, especially those who have received radiation therapy in the past, who should be more vigilant.

Uterine fibroids: It is the most common benign tumor in the female reproductive organ and one of the common tumors in the human body. The incidence rate is higher in women aged 30-50.

Uterine fibroids are mainly formed due to the proliferation of uterine smooth muscle cells. There are a few connective tissue fibers that exist only as a supporting tissue. Its exact name should be uterine leiomyoma, commonly known as uterine fibroids. Because its onset is related to female hormones (estrogen and progesterone), it is a hormone-dependent tumor.

Patients with uterine fibroids have no obvious symptoms and are only discovered accidentally during gynecological examinations or surgery. The main symptoms may include menstrual changes (increased menstrual flow, shortened or prolonged menstrual cycle, etc., and irregular bleeding may also occur), pain (usually none, but when the fibroids undergo red degeneration or the pedunculated fibroids twist and the submucosal fibroids stimulate the uterus to cause spasmodic contractions, it may cause acute abdominal pain), compression symptoms (fibroids compress the bladder, causing frequent urination, urinary dysfunction, urinary retention, etc. Compression of the ureter can lead to hydronephrosis. Fibroids on the posterior wall of the uterus can squeeze the rectum and cause difficulty in defecation), increased vaginal secretions, infertility, anemia (long-term heavy menstrual flow can lead to secondary anemia), etc.

After reading the above introduction to the differences between uterine tumors and uterine fibroids, I think everyone should have some understanding. We should correctly understand the difference between uterine tumors and uterine fibroids, and figure out whether the disease is benign or malignant. Therefore, female patients must take good care of themselves and pay more attention to the safety of their uterus, so that they can be responsible for their own bodies.