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Health Encyclopedia: Uterine Fibroids And Hysterectomy Introduction
- Uterine Fibroids and Hysterectomy - Introduction
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Introduction
A uterine fibroid (known medically as a leiomyoma or myoma) is a benign (noncancerous) growth composed of smooth muscle and connective tissue. The size of a fibroid varies from that of a pinhead to larger than a melon. Fibroid weights of more than 20 pounds have been reported.
Fibroids originate from the thick wall of the uterus and are categorized by the direction in which they grow:
- Intramural fibroids grow within the middle and thickest layer of the uterus (called the myometrium). T...
Expert & Community Posts
Do You Need A Hysterectomy?
By Toni Hurst , Health Expert...myomectomy can often remove fibroids, growths in the uterus that are a common cause of pain.... Read more »
Endometriosis Hits Dancing With the Stars
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...endometriosis, a common condition in which tissue from the uterus grows outside the uterus,... Read more »
Once You Suspect Infertility - What Next?
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...involves putting a salt solution (saline) into the uterus and then having an ultrasound to see... Read more »
Is a Hysterectomy Right For You (Part Two)
By Toni Hurst , Health Expert...different people. It can mean the removal of the uterus, or removal of other reproductive... Read more »
We Have Confirmed Fertility Issues - What Now???
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...inserted through the woman's vagina and cervix into the uterus. Your doctor will have you take... Read more »
Health Guide
Sex & Your Body
...final step in puberty and signal the beginning of her ability to bear children. Her brain, ovaries and uterus have established a working relationship to produce an egg each month and a place for... Read more »Uterine Cancer Symptoms
The most common type of uterine cancer is endometrial cancer that occurs in the lining of the uterus. It occurs most often after menopause, however, it sometimes is diagnosed shortly before... Read more »What You Need to Know About Birth Control
...and help to thicken the mucus inside the cervix so that sperm remains trapped and unable to enter the uterus. What’s also important is that harmful bacteria can be trapped and prevented from... Read more »Cervical Cancer Symptoms
...in 2006 and 4000 women died from it during that year. The cervix is the lower portion of the uterus that connects the uterus to the vagina. Cervical cancer begins in the outermost lining of... Read more »Urinary Incontinence: Causes and Treatments
...exercising. It is caused by laxity or weakness of the pelvic muscles supporting the bladder and adjacent uterus, vagina and lower rectum. It tends to be more common in women who have given... Read more »Images
Medications
...used to treat women with abnormal bleeding from the uterus. It is also used to treat women who... Read more »
...women to treat certain breast cancers or a certain uterus disorder (endometriosis). It is... Read more »
...blood clots in the lungs/legs, and cancer of the uterus. If you are taking tamoxifen to reduce... Read more »
...blood clots in the lungs/legs, and cancer of the uterus. If you are taking tamoxifen to reduce... Read more »
...bone mass, but it does not affect the breast and uterus like estrogen or relieve symptoms of... Read more »
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