Uterine fibroids are the consequences of hormonal imbalance; excess estrogen stimulates their growth. Eating an anti-inflammatory diet with plenty of fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, fish, and avoiding candy and baked goods may be beneficial. A benign tumor that forms on the cervix can take on large volumes due to poor nutrition.
What a woman eats affects her risk of developing pathology. Fibroids occur when endometrial tissue that normally stretches the uterus grows elsewhere in the pelvis. New research into this pathology shows that vitamins influence the health of patients. Women who eat green vegetables or fresh fruit have a reduced risk of developing the disease, while those who eat fatty beef or ham have an increased risk of developing the tumor. Vitamins for uterine fibroids are of great importance during the prevention and treatment of the disease. Although uterine fibroids are a relatively common disease, little is known about what causes them.
The importance of vitamins for fibroids
There are many ways to treat fibroids with various vitamins. You can stick to a diet, eat foods that contain many essential nutrients. But you can still use pharmaceutical drugs. Diet is also a great way to prevent the development of these fibroids. Sometimes it can be difficult to get all the nutrients you need from food, so supplements help fill the gap.
The body is saturated with vitamin D, even just by being in the sun. Therefore, it has been proven that people who spend a lot of time outdoors suffer less from tumor formations, since they receive the norm. But not only the sun's rays saturate the body with this important element, it can also come from the food in which it is contained. Vitamin D helps cope with the disease.
What vitamins are needed for uterine fibroids?
To prevent gynecological diseases, it is necessary to choose vitamins and minerals that can help heal the body, promote overall health, well-being in the reproductive system, as well as the entire body.
You can drink:
- Vitamin A. Before moving on to radical procedures for treatment, it is worth considering this element. If you can't get enough of the nutrient from food, a good supplement that contains this vital component will help. There are animal and plant sources. Taking too much vitamin A from animal sources (such as fish liver) can be harmful. Plant sources, on the other hand, are not toxic in large doses because the species is water soluble and excess amounts are easily eliminated by the body.
- Vitamin B complex. One of the reasons for the development of uterine fibroids is an excessive amount of estrogen in the body. B vitamins (B1, B6, B12) are very important for overall health and well-being, and one of their benefits for women with fibroids is that it prevents estrogen dominance, helping to balance hormone levels. Taking B vitamins helps combat other women's problems, such as cramps and menstrual pain, fatigue, fluid retention, etc.
- Vitamin C: This is another ingredient that can help reduce heavy menstrual bleeding as well as menstrual cramps and pain. It also helps boost the immune system, which helps the body better fight various diseases and conditions, including fibroids. Another important characteristic of this substance is that it can help relieve stress that appears due to the development of uterine fibroids.
- Bioflavonoids (P). This vitamin also helps treat heavy menstrual bleeding and promote hormonal balance. Bioflavonoids prevent estrogen dominance because they are typically found in plants with weak estrogenic properties (phytoestrogens).
- Vitamin E: This essential nutrient can help relieve symptoms caused by too much estrogen in the body, such as PMS, breast tenderness, and fibrocystic breast disease. It may also help with menstrual pain and cramps. A normal amount of vitamin E can improve the general condition of the body.
- Calcium. Calcium helps maintain normal muscle tone and is a vital mineral. The uterus is a muscle, and therefore calcium is needed to maintain muscle tone.
- Iron. As mentioned earlier, heavy bleeding is a common symptom of uterine fibroids, and large blood loss and resulting iron deficiency can lead to anemia, which can even be fatal in very severe cases. Iron is responsible for creating hemoglobin.
What vitamins should not be taken if you have uterine fibroids? This question is somewhat stupid and remains unanswered, since all vitamins are beneficial to the body and need to be taken.
Be careful, vitamins! Is there a risk?
If you take a stroll through numerous Internet forums, you can come across an interesting theory about the role of vitamins and minerals in the development of uterine fibroids. On the virtual network, women of all ages are seriously discussing whether such substances can harm their health. It is suggested that vitamins, when consumed regularly, not only saturate the human body, but also nourish fibroids. The tumor growing in the uterus receives useful substances and begins to actively grow in favorable conditions. Is it really?
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Gynecologists reassure: vitamins do not have any effect on the growth of myomatous nodes. Useful elements penetrate into the blood, from where they are distributed throughout the tissues of the body, where they perform their main task. Tumor proliferation has nothing to do with taking vitamins. In the initial stages, female sex hormones influence the growth of the node; in the later stages, fibroids acquire the ability to develop autonomously and exist due to other mechanisms.
Hormonal imbalance can provoke the development of various pathologies in the female reproductive system, including the occurrence of fibroids.
Folic acid
Folic acid for fibroids leads to normalization of hormone levels, improvement of blood condition, blood circulation and reduction of the risk of developing tumor formations.
To make sure that folic acid is useful for uterine fibroids, you should read reviews from doctors about taking it.
Obstetrician-gynecologist Irina Nikolaevna.
When I worked in a private medical clinic, I had several patients whose condition improved significantly after taking folic acid. It is found in eggs, beans, honey, etc.
Gynecologist Anna Vladimirovna.
You can take folic acid if you have uterine fibroids, even if the nodes are larger than 12 mm. Women planning a pregnancy are advised to take vitamins before conception.
Also, it is worth reading reviews from patients who took folic acid for pathology.
Marina, 36 years old.
In the first phase, I took folic acid, 1 tablet 3 times a day, and also vitamin E 400 mm 2 times a day. In the 2nd phase, vitamin E was taken 400 mm once a day. I didn’t take folic acid on the doctor’s recommendation.
Alena, 41 years old.
Folic acid must be taken with iodine, otherwise it is quickly washed out of the body. You should also drink less green tea because of this. In general, it’s better to take the drug FOLIO, take 1 tablet a day, all doses are calculated, you don’t need to measure anything. But it's expensive.
Myoma in the initial stage can be cured without hormonal drugs
“Basically, fibroids are a precancerous tumor”
Yes, fibroids are a benign hormone-dependent tumor, and they develop from the muscle and connective tissue of the uterus, our experts believe. It is hormone-dependent - this is the modern view of the nature of the occurrence of this pathology. One of the main reasons is hormonal imbalance in the body. A hormonal imbalance occurs in the ovaries, as a result of which the level of estrogen in the blood exceeds, which stimulates the uterine tissue to grow. And a tumor develops. This happens in women aged 35–50 years in 25–30% of cases. But more often - during menopause, when the role of the ovaries decreases.
Other causes of fibroid formation include obesity, mental stress, and pathology of internal organs.
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Uterine fibroids are one of the most pressing problems of women's health. Today it is detected in 3.2% of Russian women over 30 years of age. And among those who have other gynecological pathologies, it is much more common - in 12–20% of cases (mainly in women over 40 years old). Transformation of a tumor into a malignant one occurs in 1.5–5% of cases. Often this tumor is combined with cancer of the female genital organs.
Symptoms that women need to pay attention to: constant pain, associated with or not associated with menstruation, that occurs in the lower abdomen, in the lower back; heavy periods and uterine bleeding not associated with menstruation; infertility. Rapid tumor growth, anemia, and especially heavy bleeding during menopause may indicate that the fibroid has become malignant.
Therefore, it is very important to pay attention to fibroids at the initial stage, when they have not yet degenerated into cancer and can be treated without hormones and operations - with antitumor herbs. This is what experts advise, claiming that this is scientifically substantiated as a result of research into the pharmacological properties of plants. Many patients diagnosed with uterine fibroids after such treatment become practically healthy.
This treatment is not quick, and it is effective for small tumors. For example, uterine fibroids up to 9 weeks (pregnancy) resolve within 3–6 months. And in older women, fibroids can even shrink spontaneously. But if the woman is still young and the tumor is large, treatment with hormones and possibly surgery will be required.
Poisonous fly agaric and hemlock kill the tumor, but can also kill the patient
Although uterine fibroids are a benign tumor, nevertheless, at the initial stage, the same antitumor plants are used for its treatment as for cancer, our experts explain. Herbalists prescribe them for any neoplasms. They included hemlock, marsh cinquefoil, white mistletoe and red fly agaric in this group of plants. All of them, with the exception of cinquefoil, are poisonous.
For uterine fibroids, fly agaric and hemlock are considered the most effective. Healing of fibroids occurs faster if hemlock tincture is included in the therapy. It should be taken in drops and with great caution, avoiding overdose. Although, if taken correctly, the product gives good results. By the way, hemlock is used in traditional medicine to treat not only fibroids, but also cancer. Not only research, but also medical practice has confirmed the positive effect of hemlock in the case of cancer of the breast, uterus, stomach, prostate, liver, lungs; benign tumors of the stomach, intestines, larynx; uterine fibroids, prostate adenoma, polyps of the bladder and cervix. In addition, hemlock has immunostimulating properties, so experts say that almost all people benefit from drinking a course of hemlock at least once a year.
Another group of antitumor plants used today in the practice of treating uterine fibroids is called “queen plants” (hogweed uterus, common horehound, European rosehip). These antitumor herbs have a great advantage: they are not poisonous and specifically act on the tumor of the uterus.
To treat fibroids using natural remedies, our experts distinguish homeopathy separately. Ready-made homeopathic remedies can “even out” the patient’s hormonal status, which means that his fibroids will begin to decrease. But only a doctor can prescribe them after an examination, when all the characteristics of the body and pathology of a particular patient are taken into account.
To speed up recovery, of course, it is also necessary to strengthen the immune system. Of the herbal remedies, our experts call Eleutherococcus and Radiola rosea the best in this sense. However, these plants are contraindicated for hypertension and increased nervous excitability.
Experts also know that uterine fibroids often cause menstrual irregularities. Healing plants will also help to cope with them. Their choice depends on what kind of violations bother the woman. For example, for painful periods, the well-known chamomile and hops are suitable. For early menstruation, you can use sleep-herb, and for delayed menstruation, a decoction of tansy flowers. In case of severe bleeding, stinging nettle, shepherd's purse and yarrow, which grow everywhere in Russia, will help. All of them improve blood clotting.
As for poultices, they have long been known among the people: they are prepared from flax seeds, marshmallow root, sweet clover, mallow, etc. And baked onions, pearl barley or corn porridge are used as a base. Herbs provide a healing effect, and porridges retain heat for a long time.
One of the simplest and most famous recipes for a folk poultice: boil 200 g of pearl barley porridge, pour in 30–50 ml of a decoction of sweet clover flowers. Stir, wrap in cotton cloth and place on the lower abdomen. Do this once a day for a week.
Cahors and cognac are treated, but only in a therapeutic dose
Our experts warn: with uterine fibroids, due to large blood losses in the body, the level of hemoglobin often decreases. Not only ready-made pharmaceutical products help normalize it, but also so-called iron-containing products. The largest amount of iron is contained in red animal meat, fish, pomegranates, and vegetables. And also - Cahors and cognac, but only in a therapeutic dose (no more than 60 g of cognac or 150 g of Cahors per day).
Vitamins of groups B, A and E, ascorbic and folic acids, and iodine are also of particular importance for the treatment of fibroids. Researchers have found out: fish oil, seafood, seaweed, cottage cheese, walnuts, and buckwheat contain large amounts of iodine. Pharmacies today also have ready-made vitamin and mineral complexes containing iodine, ascorbic acid, folic acid, etc.
The occurrence and growth of fibroids are often caused by obesity (an excess of the female sex hormones estrogens in the body, which accumulate in adipose tissue). Therefore, overweight women need to adjust their diet: minimize the consumption of fatty foods, limit carbohydrates and increase the share of protein foods, vegetables, and fruits in the diet. Exercise daily. All this will help reduce the proportion of fat in the body, and then fibroids will also decrease, experts are convinced.
And another piece of advice for women: do not forget that gynecologists should monitor the “behavior” of fibroids, and regularly. Even if there is no deterioration in your health, you must have an ultrasound scan at least once every six months.
Keep in mind: the occurrence of uterine fibroids is often preceded by hormonal disorders, inflammation of the uterus and appendages, and ovarian cysts. All these diseases must be treated promptly. When fibroids are combined with a cyst or endometriosis, it is impossible to cure such a serious set of problems using natural remedies alone. In such cases, even the most modern hormonal drugs do not always help. And then there is only one way out - surgery.
From infertility to cancer is a short journey
Myoma is a common cause of infertility in women: it occurs in 40% of cases in patients with fibroids due to a disorder of the ovaries, explains Professor Turishchev. A marriage is considered infertile if pregnancy does not occur within two years of married life without the use of contraceptives. Primary infertility is when a sexually active woman has never been pregnant. The reason is abnormalities of the genital organs, hormonal disorders, ovarian cysts, thyroid problems, etc.
Secondary infertility is the absence of conception after a previous pregnancy. The main reason is inflammatory diseases, abortions, injuries, tumors. It happens that conception occurs, but the pregnancy does not go to term. The frequency of infertile marriage is 10–15%. The cause is 60% dependent on women (tumors of the female genital area), 40% - on men.
Infertility treatment. It is carried out taking into account its reason.
Collections of medicinal plants (from herbalist Turishchev).
1. For uterine fibroids: licorice root, lingonberry leaf - 1 part each; calendula flowers, calamus rhizomes, rosehip root, wormwood herb, motherwort - 2 each. Recipe: 1 tbsp. spoon of the mixture per 1 cup of boiling water, boil for 15–20 minutes, leave for 30–40 minutes. Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day.
2. For tumors of the female genital area: burnet herb - 1 part; mistletoe grass, rhododendron leaf - 2 each; knotweed grass - 6; strawberry leaf - 10 parts. Prepare and take as No. 1.
3. For fibrocystic mastopathy: celandine grass, string, yarrow, St. John's wort, knotweed, calendula flowers, immortelle - equally. Prepare and take as No. 1.
But... “Treatment of tumor diseases of the female genital area remains the prerogative of gynecological oncologists and gynecologists,” Sergey Turishchev is convinced. Herbal medicine for these diseases requires the highest professionalism and considerable experience. Analysis of available data suggests that successful treatment results can be obtained from herbal remedies with hormonal, antitumor and immunotropic activity.
And now - attention!
Treatment of tumors of the female genital area (in particular, fibroids) with herbal remedies without taking into account the patient’s age, his hormonal status, the phase of the menstrual cycle, without sufficient knowledge and medical experience can lead to undesirable consequences, our experts especially warn. And you can begin treatment with poisonous hemlock and red fly agaric only with the permission of a herbalist or homeopath. Moreover, if the tumor is small. If the tumor is large, longer treatment will be required, including hormones and possibly surgery.
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A comprehensive examination of Russian women showed that 47.3% were found to have concomitant gynecological diseases: uterine fibroids - in 17.7%, endometriosis - in 20.5%, ovarian dysfunction - in 5.5% of cases (in groups 36−40 and 41−45 years old).
Natural sources of vitamins
Gynecologists believe that fibroids require not only choosing the right comprehensive treatment, but also adjusting the diet. Most nutrients are obtained through food, so it is very important to eat foods fortified with vitamins. Excess weight can cause tumors.
Preference should be given to products enriched with carbohydrates, vitamins and microelements. This is also very important for a woman who suffers from pathology.
It is worth giving up fried and fatty foods, and choosing fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs, as well as the following healthy foods:
- seafood;
- beans;
- nuts;
- milk, cottage cheese, cheese.
You should try to drink only green tea. It contains many antioxidants that stop tumor growth. Not only treatment is important, but also prevention, because it is better to prevent a disease than to treat it.
Indications for taking vitamin complexes for uterine tumors
It is important to understand: vitamins and microelements are not a remedy that can save a woman from fibroids. It is logical to assume that since such drugs do not affect the growth of the node, it means that they cannot lead to its reduction, much less complete disappearance. No vitamins have been developed against fibroids, and no modern, natural and incredibly useful remedies will save a woman from the disease. Only hormonal drugs work against fibroids, but even they do not fully cope with their task.
It is important to know
The only way to get rid of fibroids is to remove them. As an alternative, uterine artery embolization is being considered.
Uterine artery embolization is a procedure that can significantly reduce myomatous nodes without more serious surgical intervention.
The goal of treatment with vitamins for uterine fibroids is not to get rid of the tumor. It has other tasks:
- Activation of the body's defenses - stimulation of the immune system;
- Increased vitality;
- Improved mood, increased performance;
- Strengthening attention and memory;
- Normalization of metabolic processes in the body;
- Strengthening tissue regeneration.
Particular attention is paid to vitamins and microelements that help stop bleeding and prevent the development of anemia. Heavy menstruation is one of the leading symptoms of fibroids, so various dietary supplements containing vitamin K, iron and other beneficial substances come to the aid of hormonal therapy.
When treating uterine bleeding, the doctor, as a rule, also prescribes complexes containing vitamin K and iron.
The benefits of vitamins for fibroids are obvious, but do not forget about contraindications. Such substances often cause allergic reactions, and this often occurs when taking multivitamin complexes. If taking the drug is accompanied by the appearance of skin rash and itching, you should refrain from using it. If other unwanted side effects occur, you should stop taking the drug and consult a doctor.
On a note
A doctor should prescribe vitamin complexes. The doctor selects medications taking into account the existing chronic pathology and age. What works for young women may not work for menopause and vice versa.
When choosing a vitamin preparation, the specialist takes into account not only the clinical picture of the disease, but also the age of the patient.
Vitamin preparations
Before using medications, you should definitely consult your doctor. Drugs that have proven themselves in normalizing hormonal balance:
- Vitex (4.00 mg 2 times a day). It reduces estrogen levels by promoting progesterone production. For best results, Vitex should be taken for at least six months.
- Fish oil (1,000 milligrams per day) or flaxseed oil (1 tablespoon per day). Essential fatty acids found in fish oil and flaxseed oil that help reduce inflammation in the body.
- B-complex (50 milligrams per day). If B vitamins are missing from the diet, the liver lacks the elements necessary to carry out metabolic processes and regulate estrogen levels.
