Does a 54-year-old with a 6cm uterine fibroid need surgery?

A 54-year-old woman is found to have a 6cm uterine fibroid. She may or may not need surgery. This depends on the patient's symptoms, the results of further examinations, etc. The details are as follows:

1. No surgery is needed: Most women have reached menopause by the age of 54, and their ovarian endocrine function declines. Estrogen and progesterone levels also decrease, which no longer stimulates the uterus. The uterus shrinks, and the uterine fibroids also shrink. If there are no obvious abdominal pain, a sense of falling, vaginal bleeding and other symptoms, and the reexamination shows that the uterine fibroids are gradually shrinking, surgery is not needed and can be temporarily observed, but it is necessary to follow the doctor's advice and reexamine on time to prevent changes in the condition.

2. Surgery is required: If the discomfort symptoms mentioned above occur, or if reexamination shows that the uterine fibroids have not become smaller but have gradually increased, surgery is required. Otherwise, it may progress rapidly and induce diseases such as endometritis, acute anemia, and even become malignant and life-threatening.

It is recommended that patients go to the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital in time, and develop treatment methods and plans under the guidance of a doctor according to the patient's different conditions to avoid delaying the disease.