What are the treatments for fibroids?
If you have uterine fibroids, but show no symptoms, you many not need any treatment. Women who have pain and other symptoms might benefit from these treatments: • Medications can offer relief from the symptoms of fibroids and even slow or stop their growth. But, once you stop taking the medicine, the fibroids often grow back. • There are several types of fibroid surgery: • Myomectomy – Removes only the fibroids and leaves the healthy areas of the uterus in place • Uterine Artery Embolization (UAE) – Cuts off the blood supply to the uterus and fibroids, making them shrink • Hysterectomy – A more major procedure that removes the uterus; this type of surgery is the only sure way to cure fibroids. Courtesy of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Uterine Fibroids. Accessed November 15, 2006. Available at: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/Uterine_fibroids.cfm. This information may have
