Long-term depression can cause uterine fibroids

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumors in the female reproductive system, known as the "first gynecological tumor". Modern medical research believes that the onset of uterine fibroids may be related to endocrine disorders caused by long-term excessive estrogen levels. Therefore, women with long-term depression are prone to uterine fibroids.

Because women are more sensitive, have poor emotional stability, and demand perfection, and most modern women, especially middle-aged women, have to bear the dual pressures of work and family, and are more likely to be extremely nervous. Long-term mental stress, tension, anxiety and other negative emotions may cause depression in women. At this time, the patient shows a significant and lasting low mood, which is not commensurate with his or her situation. Severely depressed patients may even have suicidal thoughts or behaviors.

Women who are depressed are prone to endocrine disorders because they suffer tremendous physical and mental pain. For example, the secretion of estrogen increases and its effects strengthen, which can sometimes last for months or years. Women with long-term high estrogen levels often develop uterine fibroids, which are more common in women of childbearing age between 30 and 50 years old and may also be related to the above factors.

At the same time, Chinese medicine believes that "stagnation of Qi, internal injuries caused by the seven emotions, liver dysfunction, and poor blood circulation lead to stagnation in the uterus, which manifests as a lump in the lower abdomen that can be moved by pressing, pain in no fixed place that sometimes gathers and sometimes disperses, depression, and fullness in the chest and flanks", which also shows to a certain extent that depression has a certain impact on the occurrence of uterine fibroids.