Fibroids are very harmful if left untreated for a long time

Fibroid is a common disease, but generally patients don’t feel much in the early stage of the disease, so many patients don’t take it seriously and don’t give treatment and care. However, if fibroid is not treated for a long time, it will be very harmful. Let’s explain the harm of fibroid if it is not treated for a long time!

Fibroids are often found under the skin, grow slowly, are generally small, have clear edges, smooth surfaces, are hard in texture, and can be pushed. If mixed with other components, they become fibromyomas, fibroadenomas, fibrolipomas, etc. Fibroids, especially hard fibromas in the abdominal wall muscles, can become malignant and should be completely removed as soon as possible. Depending on the age and location of onset, they mainly include juvenile fibromatosis, cervical fibromatosis, infantile fibromatosis, infantile myofibromatosis, lipofibromatosis, etc. The age of onset is mostly between 30 and 50 years old, and it is also not uncommon in children and adolescents.

Tumors can occur in large muscles in any part of the body, most commonly in the rectus abdominis of the abdominal wall and the aponeurosis of adjacent muscles, and are more common during pregnancy and late pregnancy. Those outside the abdominal wall are more common in men, and are more common in the scapula, thigh, and buttocks. The cause is unknown, and some cases may be related to trauma or radiation exposure. Histopathology: The morphology has characteristics between fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells. There are varying amounts of collagen between the proliferating cells, lacking the characteristics of malignant cells, with very few or no nuclear divisions, and an invasive growth pattern. Lymphocyte infiltration can be seen around the blood vessels at the edge of the lesion.

The treatment option should be prompt and thorough surgical resection, including a wide area around the affected tissue, and sometimes the entire affected muscle needs to be removed. Only in very rare cases, amputation is forced due to its local invasiveness. Radiotherapy may be effective for local control of the disease and can be used after conservative surgery.

Therefore, once a fibroid is diagnosed in a regular hospital, you must actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment.