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What Causes Heavy Bleeding And Abdominal Swelling When Suffering From Fibroids?

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Posted on Fri, 2 May 2014
Question: hi ,about a year and a half ago I got diagnosed as having fibroids.in the last year I have had a lot of pain really heavy bleeding even passing large clots and about ten days before my period my stomache swells a lot and I have difficulty in passing urine. but this month I have missed my period ,have got very bad lower back pain and also pain in my right groin. im 43 years old but have done three pregnancy tests all which are negative.
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Answered by Dr. Chobufo Ditah (1 hour later)
Brief Answer: please consider surgical management Detailed Answer: Hi and thank you so much for this query. Fibroids that cause symptoms like these need to be treated and the best treatment for fibroids is surgical management. Talk to you Obgyn for the investigations and treatment. Unless this mass us removed you would continue to have symptoms of obstruction like difficulties to urinate and pass stool well as well as menstrual irregularities. I how this helps.I wish you well.feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if needed. Thanks for using our services. Dr. Ditah, MD.
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What Causes Heavy Bleeding And Abdominal Swelling When Suffering From Fibroids?

Brief Answer: please consider surgical management Detailed Answer: Hi and thank you so much for this query. Fibroids that cause symptoms like these need to be treated and the best treatment for fibroids is surgical management. Talk to you Obgyn for the investigations and treatment. Unless this mass us removed you would continue to have symptoms of obstruction like difficulties to urinate and pass stool well as well as menstrual irregularities. I how this helps.I wish you well.feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if needed. Thanks for using our services. Dr. Ditah, MD.