Medical Questions » Pregnancy Questions » Question No. 1500
| Question: | I' ve been diagnosed with fibroids. What can I do? |
| Answer: | These benign lumps affect as many as 30 per cent of women, usually in their late thirties and early forties. Symptoms are irregular, heavy and painful periods and sometimes stress incontinence. The usual treatment is surgical removal. Fibroids are, however, caused by ' unopposed' oestrogen, which means you have a rela-tively high level of oestrogen in relation to proges-terone. So applying natural progesterone, which comes in transdermal skin cream, could help. Other things you can do to help are reduce your exposure to plastics that contain oestrogen-like chemicals, and eat organic foods naturally high in fibre (such as beans, fruit, vegetables and brown rice). Various herbs, including agnus castus, support hormonal balance. |
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