While this is often not life threatening, it can be severely debilitating to women, resulting in pain, fatigue, emotional stress/embarrassment, and anemia.
The toll from this bleeding can have a significant impact on a woman’s quality of life, including symptoms of depression, and days lost from work and social activities. If the fibroids are located near the bladder, they can act like a paperweight and cause a woman to urinate more frequently; often multiple times in the middle of the night. Fibroids can cause pelvic pain or pressure by pressing on pelvic nerves. This pain can radiate into the lower back or thighs. More >
