Lowengail, while we're waiting for the expert, I thought I'd see what I could find on the web for you. You might be interested to know that 30% of all women over the age of 30 have fibroids.
Here's a very good primer on fibroids from the Merck manual:
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec22/ch246/ch246a.html
Ob/gyn.net says that an indication of the need for treatment is if the fibroid reaches the size of a 12- to 14-week-old fetus (a large grapefruit). If a fibroid is deemed to be large and very rapidly growing, there is a slight (1 in 750-1,000) chance of malignancy (normal fibroids are benign).
You mentioned that your progesterone is low; Progesterone.com actually says that fibroid tumors normally develop in the presence of too much estrogen, relative to too little progesterone. This may be something to discuss with your doctor:
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Lowengail, while we're waiting for the expert, I thought I'd see what I could find on the web for you. You might be interested to know that 30% of all women over the age of 30 have fibroids.
Here's a very good primer on fibroids from the Merck manual:
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec22/ch246/ch246a.html
Ob/gyn.net says that an indication of the need for treatment is if the fibroid reaches the size of a 12- to 14-week-old fetus (a large grapefruit). If a fibroid is deemed to be large and very rapidly growing, there is a slight (1 in 750-1,000) chance of malignancy (normal fibroids are benign).
Here's their page on fibroids:
http://www.obgyn.net/medical.asp?page=/english/pubs/features/fibroids
You mentioned that your progesterone is low; Progesterone.com actually says that fibroid tumors normally develop in the presence of too much estrogen, relative to too little progesterone. This may be something to discuss with your doctor:
http://www.progesterone.com/fibroid_tumors.html
Are you having pain or other symptoms?
February 9, 2009 - 9:48amThis Comment
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