Fibroids can affect your sex life significantly. If you have uterine fibroids, they are most likely going to cause painful intercourse. Even apart from the pain, it can decrease your libido and make you feel more fatigued than usual. Getting appropriate fibroids treatment is crucial if you want to treat these symptoms and while the best bet is to search for “gynecologist near me” online, you should first read up about the different ways fibroids can affect you and your sexual health. You should also know how common fibroids can be and then opt for the best fibroids in uterus treatment from MASSH.

How Uterine Fibroids Affect Your Sexual Wellness?

Uterine fibroids can have negative effects for your sexual wellness namely leading to painful intercourse and lack of libido if left untreated. In certain cases, fibroids can lead to heavy menstrual bleeding and discomfort, which can take a toll on your sexual wellness. Based on their size and location, they can also bring positional challenges for sex. They also lead to pelvic pain as the shape of the uterus can be changed due to large fibroids. Lastly, fibroids have a significant mental impact as it can lead to bouts of depression and anxiety, which could further impact your sexual health and wellness.

Who Are At A High Risk Of Uterine Fibroids?

Women over the age of 30 are at a high risk for uterine fibroids. However, there are other risk factors apart from age that can also lead to uterine fibroids. Here are some of the other risk factors about that you should know. Also, the risk factors don’t guarantee uterine fibroids, they just put you at a higher risk than others.

• Family history: If you have women in your family who have had fibroids in the past, you are at a higher risk of getting fibroids yourself. Also it is important to note that this applies to only people in your immediate family.
   
• Obesity: Being overweight leads to a lot of health issues and fibroids are one of them. Obesity can increase your risk of getting fibroids and other menstrual health problems. This is suspected to be mainly due to the higher estrogen levels in obese women.
   
• Lifestyle: If you don’t have an active lifestyle or if you have less physical activity in your daily activities, you are at a higher risk of getting fibroids.
   
• Diet: A diet that is rich in green vegetables and low in red meat helps reduce your risk for uterine fibroids. It is recommended you add more fruits and dairy products to your diet to reduce your risk of fibroids further.
   
• Hormonal Factors: Hormonal imbalances in estrogen and progesterone levels in your body can help the growth of fibroids. Fibroids that are caused due to hormonal factors shrink in size after you have hit menopause. This is because the hormone levels go down after menopause.

Uterine Fibroid Treatment Options

Watchful Waiting

When fibroids are diagnosed for the first time, based on their size and location, if they are not causing any disruptive symptoms, doctors will in most cases opt for watchful waiting. This is done to monitor the fibroid for some time to see if it is growing or has the potential to cause disruptive symptoms in the future. If doctors find that the fibroid is not going to be disruptive any time soon, no treatment is administered further.

Medications

With medicines, they can only help manage the symptoms of the fibroids and can’t treat the fibroids themselves. Pain medication is offered for any pelvic pain that is caused due to the fibroids. Similarly, Hormonal imbalances are treated with medical devices and hormonal supplements. These medicines help balance out your hormones and often can even treat some fibroids, which will shrink once the hormone levels are back to optimal levels. In most cases, medications are used during the period of watchful waiting or when the symptoms are causing quality of life issues while you are waiting for treatment for fibroids.

Non-Surgical Treatments

Non-surgical treatments for fibroids include several procedures that try to destroy the fibroid tissues without making any incisions in your body. These procedures are highly specialized and have seen remarkable success as years have passed. These procedures are performed on an outpatient basis and have limited risks because they are non-invasive. To learn more about nonsurgical treatments for uterine fibroids, feel free to visit MASSH, we specialize in non-invasive and minimally invasive treatment options for uterine fibroids.

Laparoscopic Surgery

Laparoscopic surgery is often used when the other treatment options have not been very effective. This treatment option makes incisions in your body and removes the fibroids from your body directly. Laparoscopic surgeries are safe and have low risk compared to open surgeries. They also have a lower recovery period compared to other surgeries and can be performed on an outpatient basis. Myomectomy and hysterectomy are the two most common laparoscopic surgeries performed to treat uterine fibroids.

Conclusion

Now that you know how uterine fibroids affect intercourse, it is crucial that you keep the symptoms in mind and check in with your doctor if you share any of the risk factors mentioned in this blog. We at MASSH are always ready and available to help you treat any gynecological conditions including uterine fibroids. Check out our website to learn more about uterine fibroid treatment options at MASSH or feel free to visit us today.