What Are Subserous Fibroids
The uterus can appear bigger than normal when subserous fibroids have grown on the outside of the organ.
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 grow bigger and it can grow to the size of a six month pregnancy and hence results in discomfort and bulkiness .
They can also cause pain in unrelated areas of the body, such as the lower back or the back of the legs, as they can stimulate sensory nerves attached to these areas of the body.
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.
Due to their size and its location they give pressure to other parts of the body including colon, making difficult to move the bowels and bladder, resulting difficulty in urinating. They also affect the tubes connecting bladder to kidneys.
Another disadvantage of very large fibroids is that they need a lot of blood to keep themselves alive. Sometimes the blood cannot reach the centre of the fibroids, and this causes parts of the fibroid to be starved of blood and oxygen and then tissue death, which can be extremely painful.
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.
As suberous fibroids are in the outside of uterus they can be removed easily using laparoscopic myomectomy surgical methods compared to other type of fibroids. This method is a kind of keyhole surgery, where small incisions are made in abdomen to remvove the suberous fibroids.
A study was carried out at the Third Military Medical University in China, where doctors reviewed the effectiveness of myomectomies and Uterine Artery Embolization. Uterine Artery Embolization is when the blood supply to the fibroids is surgically blocked in order to shrink fibroids by depriving them of blood and nutrients.
The doctors treated 142 women with fibroids ranging from 2 cm to 12 cm with either myomectomy or Uterine Artery Embolization, and then followed up with each woman about 16 months later to see whether the fibroids came back. They found that the fibroids grew back in 5 of the women, which indicates that it is not completely foolproof.
There are some risks indulged in fast resulting surgical methods. laparascopic myomectomies cause damage to blood vessels or the intestines and also creates additional scar tissue and adhesions, which damages our digestion and fertility. Tissues die due to Uterine Artery Embolization, which causes serious infection in the uterus which can soon spread to all the other parts of our body. Dead tissues creates pain, and makes very unpleasant vaginal odor.
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