Fibroids. What are fibroids and what causes them?
Have any of you ever had fibroids?
I had fibroids many years ago and needed an operation to get rid of them. They were very painful, the pain was so bad it would wake me up at night from a deep sleep. I had been told that with time they shrink, but the pain was too much to bear to wait that long.
What causes the fibroids?
Hormones. Estrogen and Progesterone stimulate the uterine lining every period-cycle in preparation for pregnancy. Normal uterine muscle cells do not have that much estrogen and progesterone. So as your period comes around it promotes more of the hormones which cause the growth of the fibroids.
Fibroids tend to interfere with menstrual flow. So you may get bad cramps or even really bad backaches, or serious blood clotting caused by the fibroids not letting the blood pass-thru so it starts to coagulate.
Don’t worry when you see it, you are fine. It is just the body doing what it needs to do to get rid of it. If the blood clot is the size of a quarter or larger, it means you have many fibroid tumors.
My tumors weighed 5 pounds and I had to have a hysterectomy.
When they grow inside of you, they can interfere with other organs too.
I lost one ovary, and my small intestine was affected as well. With time, I needed surgery again and had my last ovary removed. I had scar tissue removed from my lower small intestine. All this caused due to fibroids.
Every woman is different and fibroids can affect most women at forty years and older. It could happen to someone younger, but it is rare.
Fibroids can make your stomach hard. I had a friend who had the crystal bowls that make a vibrating sound and as she made it vibrate we put them on the area that I had my fibroid tumors. I could feel the size of the tumor because it made the fibroid vibrate inside of me. It was quite the experience.
I am sure there are new technologies that can help operate and not get butchered in the process of removal.
Traditional Chinese medicine has a natural herb combination that helps shrink the fibroids and keep the uterus healthy, it’s called Gui Zhi Fu Ling Tang. It balances the hormone levels in the uterus.
Green tea helps because it fights inflammation.
Chasteberry balances hormones and is also good for heavy bleeding and painful periods.
If your fibroids are bothering you really bad then you should go see your doctor. But if you would rather go the natural herbal way, which to me is safer, then you will have to be looking to information that might be contrary to what your doctor might prescribe.
Having fibroids can be painful and it just takes the right herb to make you feel better and shrink those tumors away in no time at all.
When I was younger, I had really bad periods. Mom had passed away and it was all men and boys, so I didn’t have anyone around to ask questions.
I wish I knew this back in my younger years, all this would have come in incredibly handy.