Subserosal Fibroid
Subserous fibroids are fibroids that manifest themselves on the outside of the uterus, causing the uterus to look bigger than it is.
Blood flow to the uterus is larger during the mensuration period and the blood flow gives enough oxygen and other nutrients for subserous fibroids to develop itself outside uterus.
Subserous fibroids can become massive in size. So large in fact that it can make a woman afflicted with them to appear to be six months pregnant.
These fibroids can excite sensory nerves around the body, causing aches in other body parts like the lower back or the back of the legs
Sufferers of this condition exhibit abdominal bloating, which increases during menstruation and the bulky fibroids can also cause the individual to appear to be pregnant.
These fibroids can cause more than discomfort, they can also inflict damage on the connecting tubes between the kidneys and the bladder, resulting in kidney problems. Also, they can place pressure on nearby organs such as the colon and bladder causing irregularity and difficulty in urination, or incontinence because of their close proximity.
Another problem associated with large fibroids is that they require a large and continuous supply of blood for survival. If the blood does not reach the fibroids, the lack of oxygen leads to tissue death of a portion of the fibroids which can cause excruciating pain.
Subserous fibroids are sometimes mistaken as ovarian cysts when they are connected by a stalk to the outside of the uterus. The only test available to distinguish between an ovarian cyst and a fibroid is by using a Magnetic Resonance Imaging device (MRI), which helps radiologists to create detailed, layered pictures deep inside bodies. Ultrasounds only provide vague imaging and the newer MRI is much more accurate.
Since subserous fibroids are found externally on the uterus, doctors claim that the surgical precedure to remove them is much simpler as compared to that for other kinds of fibroids. The prevalent surgical choice today is a laparascopic myomectomy, a type of keyhole surgical procedure wherein the surgeon makes small slits in the abdomen to extract the fibroid.
Another method of treatment is known as uterine artery embolization which requires surgery to block the blood supply in order to shrink the fibroid. Both of these treatment options were analyzed in a study by China’s Third Military Medical University.
142 women were medicated whom having fibroids level of 2cm to 12cm either with myomectomies or with Uterine Artery Embolization. After sixteen months they were again checked for fibroids, during those checks fibroids had grown in five of those women. Hence concluded these methods are not fool proof.
Although surgery can provide you with immediate outcomes, there are associated perils. For example, laparascopic myomectomies can injure blood vessels or the intestines. They can also lead to the formation of more scar tissue and adhesions, which can affect your digestive and reproductive systems. Uterine Artery Embolization causes tissue death, which can lead to serious contamination in the uterus which can spread to other body parts. Tissue death not only causes extreme pain but it is also be accompanied by a very obnoxious vaginal smell.
The perils associated with surgery can be acute and life-threatening, so many women now prefer natural alternatives, because although they give slow outcomes, they do not have any associated perils. More information about such natural remedies can be found at http://www.fibroidsetc.com/subserous-fibroids
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