2023-08-27 23:30:00
Ms. Phuong, 41 years old in Taipei, Taiwan (China), started to lose weight seriously more than 1 year ago, not only eating prototype food but also combining it with exercise and successfully losing weight since 70 kg down to 57 kg.
However, even though her arms and legs became much smaller, Phuong’s lower abdomen was still very large, even her colleagues were curious whether she was pregnant once more or not.
As it turned out, Ms. Phuong was diagnosed with fibroids She was young when she gave birth many years ago, but she did not take it seriously, so she did not monitor her condition for a long time.
It wasn’t until nearly a month ago that she began to urinate frequently, with constipation and other conditions, and a doctor advised Phuong to arrange a more detailed examination, so the woman decided to see an obstetrician and gynecologist. . Unexpectedly, during the re-examination, a Super large uterine fibroids in the body.
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Doctor Tran Thai Xuong – Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology – Asian University Hospital, said that when the patient went to the doctor, he found that the limbs were slim but the lower abdomen was prominently protruding. there is a huge fibroid growing in the muscle layer uterus.
The blood test results also showed a low hemoglobin (Hb), only 4gm/dl (regarding 12gm/dl in a normal woman), which indicates that the patient is also severely anemic. The supply of blood gradually increases during development, but the patient has adapted to the fibroid, so if not detected and examined early, the fibroid will grow larger.
During the operation, Dr. Tran discovered a giant uterine fibroid that not only covered the ureters, compressing the uterus and ovaries, but the cecum was also attached to the fibroids, but the medical team still tried their best. efforts to preserve all of these organs.
Finally, the doctor successfully removed the fibroid weighing 3.5 kg and regarding 40 cm wide. The patient’s mother was shocked when she saw the photo and exclaimed: “Why is it so big!”.
About the patient’s ability to recover is also very good, 5 days following surgery, Ms. Phuong lost 7-8 kg, the patient and the patient’s mother are very grateful to the doctor.
Dr. Tran pointed out that uterine fibroids are a very common gynecological disease, genetic, chromosomal and hormonal abnormalities can be the cause.
According to statistics, regarding 1 in 3 to 4 women in Taiwan have uterine fibroids. Women aged 30-40 are a high-risk group, but it is true that most fibroids are difficult to detect when they grow up, so it is easy to miss if they have problems such as increased menstrual blood volume, anemia, Frequent urination, abdominal pain, abdominal distention, poor bowel movements, can be seen by a doctor for preventive measures.
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