How Do I Know If I Have a Fibroid?

Fibroid tumors can cause a variety of uncomfortable side effects. Women with fibroid tumors often experience the following symptoms:

• Painful periods
• Heavy menstruation
• Bleeding between periods
• Frequent urination
• Constipation
• Distended stomach
• Lower back pain
• Pain during sex
• Difficulty getting pregnant
• Multiple miscarriages
• Premature labor

Most of these symptoms are caused by fibroids’ growth. As they grow within the uterus, they take up an increasing amount of space. Often, a woman’s uterus becomes larger, as it does during pregnancy, due to the fibroid.

Ask Your Doctor

While many women experience the symptoms above, others suffer from no side effects at all and only discover they have fibroids as a result of their yearly physicals. If your physician suspects you have fibroids, she will order an ultrasound examination of your uterus. If fibroids are present, you will work with your doctor to determine the best treatment for you. For many women, the best treatment is MRgFUS.

MRgFUS using ExAblate technology is an excellent option because of the procedure’s significantly fewer side effects, because it is completely nonsurgical, and because the procedure requires virtually no recovery time. In these ways, MRgFUS varies drastically from other treatment options and, if your doctor does not suggest MRgFUS, you should ask her
about it.