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Sunday, September 11, 2011

The treatment of uterine cancer polyps

Cervical cancer symptoms


Nobody knows how common are uterine polyps. Some research suggests that occurs in 10% of women. Patients who visit their doctors complaining of menstrual bleeding problems usually test the possibility of polyps.

Symptoms: bleeding between periods, excessive bleeding, spotting after intercourse.

As most of these are small, usually causes no symptoms. Polyps large will the above symptoms. If polyps interferewith sperm or eggs can make it harder to get pregnant. Polyps may also increase the risk of miscarriage. This condition may be something to consider cases of recurrent miscarriage.

Several reports suggest that treatment with tamoxifen (breast cancer treatment) can stimulate the development and growth of endometrial polyps. The good news is that polyps are benign. Only very rarely (about 1%) are precancerous or cancerous.

Treatment

Polyps are usuallysurgically removed. Polyps can be removed by performing D & C (dilation and Cutterage), but the method can miss polyps cutterage because this method is carried out mainly to buy to listen. More recent developments allow visually seen polyps (hysteroscopy). Using a hysterescope polyps can be removed through the cervix of sight.

Hysteroscopy with small tubes can be performed in the office, but larger tubes (used to remove large polyps or fibroids) usually require anesthesiathe hospital.

What happens after surgery? What are the chances that polyps recur? Here are some of the issues that need to be prepared after the treatment of uterine polyps.

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