What are Uterine Fibroids? What is PCOD or PCOS? Read this article till the end to understand the difference between uterine fibroid and pcod.
• Uterine fibroids are also known as myomas, leiomyomas or fibromyoma.
• The uterine fibroid growing on the wall of the uterus.
• The oestrogen is the main hormone which plays an important role in the formation of the fibroid.
Causes:
• Elevated levels of oestrogen and progesterone.
• Fibroids in your family.
• Menstruation at an early age.
• Obesity
Health problems:
• Abnormal, prolong and heavy menses known as menorrhagia.
• Irregular menses.
• Painful menses.
• Pelvic pain.
• Frequent urination.
• Low back pain.
• Pain during intercourse.
• White discharge from the vagina.
• Palpitation and weakness occur due to anaemia (due to heavy menstrual bleeding).
• The polycystic ovarian disease is a health problem with hormones that affects women during their childbearing years (ages 15 to 44).
• The polycystic ovarian disease affects a woman’s ovaries the reproductive organs that produce oestrogen and progesterone hormones that regulate the menstrual cycle.
• The ovaries also produce a small number of male hormones known as androgens.
• Extra male hormones disrupt the menstrual cycle, so women with PCOD get fewer periods than usual.
• One in every 10 women has polycystic ovarian disease a disorder that is the leading cause of female infertility and a risk factor for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and other life-threatening illnesses.
• The hormones like Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing hormone (LH) control ovulation.
• PCOS occurs when an overproduction of hormones, called androgens, affect the ovary’s ability to develop and release eggs normally.
• Both women and men produce male hormones called androgens, but when a woman has PCOS, she produces more than normal.
• This occurrence along with an imbalance of female hormones, such as luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH),
Causes:
• Elevated levels of androgens.
• Elevated levels of insulin.
• Family history.
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