MAYELANA NAMA-FIBROIDS

Ngabe Ayini Ama-Fibroids?

Ama-fibroids, aziwa nangokuthi ama-fibroids wesibeletho, ama-leiomyomas, noma ama-myomas, ayizimila ezinhle (ezingenawo umdlavuza) ezikhulangaphakathi kwezicubu zemisipha yesibeletho, ngokuvamile ezithinta izinhlelo zokuzala zabesifazaneabaphakathi kweminyaka engama-35 nengama-54.

Izinzuzo Eziyinhloko ze-UFE

I-UFE iyindlela yokwelapha ephephile futhi njengezinye izinqubo ezingadingi ukuhlinzwa kunezinzuzo eziphawulekayo kunokuhlinzwa okuvamile okuvulekile. Yingakho u-90% wabo bonke abesifazane babenelisekile ekulandeleleni kokugcina ngemva kwe-UFE.

Ngabe Luthini Ucwaningo?

Ucwaningo lukhombisa ukwanda kwama-fibroids kwabesifazane abangama-20-40% abaneminyaka yobudala engaphezu kwengama-35.

Abesifazane abangokudabuka e-Afrika banamathuba aphindwe kathathu okuba nama-fibroids esibeletho aqala eminyakeni yokuqala.

Odokotela abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi ama-fibroid ancipha lapho owesifazane eyeka ukuya esikhathini ngenxa yobudala (menopause).

Amarefurense

  • Wallach, E. E. (1992). Myomectomy. In Thompson, J. D., & Rock, J. A. (Eds.), Te Linde’s Operative Gynecology, 7th (pp. 647-662). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott.
  • Huyck, K. L., Panhuysen, C. I., Cuenco, K. T., et al. (2008). The impact of race as a risk factor for symptom severity and age at diagnosis of uterine leiomyomata among affected sisters. Am J Obstet Gynecol, Feb;198(2):168.e1-9.

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