Healthy without Fibroids

It is not easy dealing with Fibroids, as it hurts more than Ulcer. My late mum had fibroid  and it really was a painful ailment that she had to cope with, live with, manage and seek various sources of help. She tried them all: surgery, medical pills prescribed by her physician, to traditional herbs, but yet the pain was there. She even had to change food lifestyle, and I can remember those ginger, garlic, lime, lemon and the ones I don't know about.

Are you a lady? My advise is watch what you eat. Avoid things with high cholesterol, and reduce taking meat- both red meat and white meat. Avoid eggs, if you must take, never go above one egg a day. Be yourself and always eat like a lady.

Do more of vegetables, salad, nuts, less of fatty food and less of fries. Do some excercises, even if it be walking. Be active at using the gym, or doing a routine of exercise and have rest. Be encouraged, be positive, live a happy life and keep fit. It will make you fab and healthy.

From research, fibroids are the most frequently seen tumors of the female reproductive system, as they are also known as uterine myomas, leiomyomas, or fibromas, are firm, compact tumors that are made of smooth muscle cells and fibrous connective tissue that develop in the uterus. It is estimated that between 20 to 50 percent of women of reproductive age have fibroids. Some estimates state that up to 30 to 77 percent of women will develop Fibroids sometime during their childbearing years.

Generally, women who are approaching menopause are at the greatest risk of fibroids because of their long exposure to high levels of estrogen. According to a statistic report, 1 in 4 women in Nigeria have Fibroids between the age of 30-50 years.

The causes of Fibroids can be traced to the unhealthy lifestyle that women now live. The lifestyle we now live in this century cannot be compared with the natural lifestyles of the people of old. As I mentioned earlier, there are so many things that are bringing in a lot of estrogen (hormone influencing the growth of Fibroids) into the body systems now, like plastics, pesticides and even the foods and the processes under which we breed animals for consumption. Most of these things, including fishes, are bred artificially. So they store those hormones that we are imbibing and that is what is causing Fibroid problems.

The symptoms of fibroids are the following:

Anemia (as a result of heavy periods)
Backache
Bloating regularly
Constipation
Discomfort in the lower abdomen (especially if fibroids are large)
Frequent urination
Heavy painful periods
Pain in the legs
Painful sex
Swelling in the lower abdomen (especially if fibroids are large)

The Complications associated with fibroids are:

• Abdominal pains–Fibroids can cause swelling and discomfort in the lower abdomen. A Fibroid patient may also have a sensation of being constipated. Fibroids can also cause pain in bowel movements.
• Infertility and Repeated Miscarriages – Fibroids can cause infertility in a number of different ways. A Fibroid can cause compression on the fallopian tubes resulting in a blockage of the passage of sperm or eggs. Fibroid can also distort the pelvic anatomy sufficiently to make it difficult for the fallopian tube to capture an egg at the time of ovulation. If a fibroid extends into the uterine cavity or causes distortion of the uterine cavity, it may present a mechanical barrier to implantation. Studies suggests that Fibroids in the muscle portion of the uterus can cause an alteration or reduction of blood flow to the uterine lining making it more difficult for an implanted embryo to grow and develop. 
• Pregnancy complications – Studies have suggested an increased risk of certain problems during pregnancy in women with Fibroids, including difficulties with labor, breech presentation of the fetus, premature rupture of the “bag of waters”, and abruptionof the placenta (a condition in which the placenta separates from the uterine wall during the pregnancy).
• Repeated Miscarriages – Fibroids can cause repeated miscarriages, as studies also suggests that even small Fibroids that grow inside of the uterine cavity may act as a foreign body and result in an inflammatory reaction that makes the uterine environment hostile for an embryo to implant, making it difficult for the woman to get pregnant. They can affect whether sperm and egg meet, they can affect whether an embryo can implant, they can affect whether a pregnancy can continue, and they can affect the growth and positioning of the baby.‎
• Menorrhagia (heavy periods/increased bleeding)– Fibroids may cause the menstrual bleeding to be heavier, or increase in the duration of bleeding or may cause bleeding in between periods. Some women may have a combination of bleeding symptoms. The presence and degree of uterine bleeding is determined mainly by the location of the fibroid. Women with Fibroids that protrude into the uterus are more likely to have significant increase in bleeding.