Many women experience menstrual cramps during their period and need to apply hot compress to their stomach or drink brown sugar water to alleviate the symptoms. Some people believe that this is related to uterine fibroids, but is dysmenorrhea related to uterine fibroids?
Dysmenorrhea and uterine fibroids are somewhat related, but not necessarily related. Uterine fibroids have the potential to cause menstrual pain in women because when they are large, they compress the pelvic floor nerve, causing a feeling of heaviness and pain in the lower abdomen. However, this pain is generally not too severe. And many women only discover that they have uterine fibroids after going to the hospital for examination because of this.
In addition, if uterine fibroids grow under the uterine mucosa, they will increase the surface area of the endometrium and occupy a certain amount of space in the uterus. Women's menstrual blood will be affected, and there may be symptoms of uterine contractions. At this time, women may feel dysmenorrhea. If women find that their menstrual blood has increased, their period has been prolonged or shortened, and they begin to experience dysmenorrhea, it is recommended to go to the hospital to check for the possibility of uterine fibroids.
Uterine fibroids may cause dysmenorrhea, but it is not necessarily the case for women to experience dysmenorrhea after suffering from uterine fibroids. Dysmenorrhea is one of the symptoms of uterine fibroids, and the manifestation and severity of the symptoms generally depend on factors such as the location, size, and number of fibroids growing. Some uterine fibroids are small and grow slowly, and women may not experience related symptoms, but now they can be diagnosed through ultrasound.
