What are the causes of uterine fibroids? Are uterine fibroids benign tumors?

Uterine fibroids are one of the common gynecological diseases in women. Generally speaking, uterine fibroids are benign, but malignant ones are not excluded. Many female friends do not know what causes uterine fibroids. So, what are the causes of uterine fibroids?

With the continuous development of society and the rapid improvement of living standards, uterine fibroids are inevitably related to excessive estrogen intake. Uterine fibroids are nodular tumors growing on the smooth and soft uterine wall of women. Uterine fibroids have become the largest gynecological disease, accounting for about 60% of gynecological surgeries.

Uterine fibroids are generally hormone-dependent benign tumors. Women who eat too much high-fat diet, are overweight, take hormone drugs and health products for a long time, and use cosmetics containing estrogen can cause small doses of estrogen to accumulate in the body, which is the main cause of uterine fibroids. There are also the following reasons: 1. Oral contraceptives. Women who took contraceptives in the early stage have a relatively higher chance of developing uterine fibroids.

2. Dietary factors. Now meat has replaced vegetarian diet, and women who mainly eat meat have a higher chance of developing uterine fibroids than those who mainly eat vegetarian diet.

3. Menstrual changes. The menstrual timing of modern women has changed. The first menstruation occurred earlier than 16-18 years old, and now it is 11-12 years old. This is also a factor.

On the one hand, fat is metabolized into estrogen (uterine fibroids rely on estrogen for growth); on the other hand, if women are 10kg overweight, their risk of uterine fibroids increases by 21%.

5. Environmental impacts: being in a toxic and harmful environment for a long time, such as coming into contact with medication, eating eels and turtles fed with hormone-containing feed, etc.

To sum up, this is the relevant introduction to uterine fibroids, which we should also understand. Finally, patients are reminded to receive reasonable treatment under the guidance of a doctor.