Treatment
Most fibroids do not require treatment unless they are causing symptoms. After menopause fibroids shrink and it is unusual for fibroids to cause problems.
Symptomatic uterine fibroids can be treated by:
- medication to control symptoms
- medication aimed at shrinking tumours
- ultrasound fibroid destruction
- various surgically aided methods to reduce blood supply of fibroids
- myomectomy or radio frequency ablation
- hysterectomy
- treatment for infection and anemia
- embolization
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