Uterine fibroids are a common gynecological disease. They are mostly benign tumors and have no impact on women’s health. However, if uterine fibroids want to get rid of these uninvited guests in the body, they must pay attention to their diet. Be extra careful. So, what foods should patients with uterine fibroids not eat? What foods should fibroid patients not eat? Come and take a look.
1. Don’t eat these
1. Patients with uterine fibroids should eat less food
The daily diet of patients with uterine fibroids should be light and eat less. Mutton, crab, shrimp and other fats. You can eat more lean meat, chicken, eggs, quail eggs, crucian carp and other foods rich in high-quality protein, as well as more vegetables and fruits.
2. Patients with uterine fibroids should eat less spicy foods.
Patients with uterine fibroids should eat less spicy foods such as peppers, raw garlic, raw onions, and peppercorns. For liquor, You should also drink less drinks such as coffee, strong tea and so on.
3. Patients with uterine fibroids should eat less foods containing hormones
Honey, longan and other greasy foods should be eaten less, and foods containing hormones such as royal jelly should be fasted.
2. You can eat these
1. Anti-tumor eggs
2 eggs, 5 traditional Chinese medicine geckos, and 9 grams of Curcuma. Add appropriate amount of water and cook for about half an hour. Take out the eggs and peel them. Eat once a day. Efficacy: dissipates stagnation and relieves pain, dispels wind and calms convulsions. Suitable for patients with uterine fibroids with qi stagnation and blood stasis.
2. Erxian soup
100 grams each of fresh lotus root and fresh grass root. Slice the lotus root and chop the grass root. Add an appropriate amount of water to boil the juice to make tea. Efficacy: nourishing yin and cooling blood, removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding. It is suitable for patients with uterine fibroids, heavy menstruation, and blood-heat congestion.
3. Tremella fuciformis and lotus root starch soup
Tremella fuciformis 25g, lotus root starch 10g, appropriate amount of rock sugar. Soak the white fungus for half an hour, take it out, add an appropriate amount of water and simmer. After cooking, add rock sugar to taste, then add lotus root starch and drink.
3. Symptoms of uterine fibroids
Symptom 1: Abdominal mass
Abdominal mass and compression symptoms The fibroids gradually grow, and when they make the uterus enlarge When the uterus is more than 3 months pregnant or it is a large subserosal fibroid located at the fundus of the uterus, a mass can often be felt in the abdomen, which is more obvious in the morning when the bladder is full. The mass was solid, movable, and non-tender.
Symptom 2: Pain
Many patients with uterine fibroids may have a feeling of distension in the lower abdomen and soreness in the lower back. When subserosal fibroids twist or uterine fibroids undergo red degeneration, acute abdominal pain may occur. It is not uncommon for fibroids to be combined with endometriosis or adenomyosis, and dysmenorrhea may occur.
Symptom 3: Uterine bleeding
Uterine bleeding is the main symptom of uterine fibroids, which occurs in more than half of patients. Among them, cyclic bleeding is the most common, which can be manifested as increased menstrual flow, prolonged menstrual period, or shortened menstrual period. It may also present as irregular female private bleeding that does not follow the menstrual cycle.
Symptom 4: Increased leucorrhea
Increased leucorrhea, enlarged uterine cavity, increased endometrial glands, and pelvic congestion can increase leucorrhea. When ulcers, infection, and necrosis occur in submucosal fibroids of the uterus or cervix, bloody or purulent leucorrhea will occur.
Symptom 5: Anemia
Hemorrhagic anemia can be caused by long-term menorrhagia or irregular bleeding from the private parts of women. More severe anemia is more common in patients with submucosal fibroids. Bloody or purulent leucorrhea will occur.