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Treatments
for
Fibroids
Dietary
Change
and
Supplements
Any
dietary
or
alternative
approach
that
works
to
balance
excess
estrogen
or
enhance
the
flow
of
energy
through
the
pelvis
often
works
for
fibroids
as
well
as
for
heavy
bleeding
or
menstrual
cramps.
These
include:
- Chinese
herbs;
- Phytoestrogens,
natural
hormones
found
in
plants,
especially
from
sources
such
as
soy
or
flaxseed;
- Dietary
change
to
emphasize
organic
produce;
- Estrogen-balancing
supplements.
Yoga
is
also
helpful.
Hormonal
Treatments
- Bioidentical
progesterone
Progesterone
skin
cream
helps
to
counter
estrogen
dominance.
Rub
over
the
counter
creams
into
your
palms
or
on
the
soft
areas
of
your
skin
once
or
twice
per
day,
three
weeks
on
and
one
week
off,
with
the
off
week
being
the
week
of
your
period.
However,
some
women
do
best
using
the
cream
every
day,
without
taking
an
off
week.
If
necessary,
stronger
natural
progesterone
creams
are
available
by
prescription
from
a
formulary
pharmacy,
or
in
a
vaginal
gel
from
all
pharmacies.
- Birth
control
pills
Birth
control
pills
are
a
combination
of
synthetic
estrogen
and
progestin
that
can
smooth
out
the
estrogen
dominance
that
so
often
causes
fibroids
to
grow
or
become
symptomatic.
- GnRH
agonists
GnRH
agonists
put
the
body
into
a
state
of
artificial
menopause,
lowering
estrogen
levels
to
shrink
fibroids.
Side
effects
include
all
the
symptoms
of
late
perimenopause
and
may
trigger
hormonally-induced
migraine.
Surgical
Treatments
- Myomectomy
Myomectomy
involes
surgical
removal
of
the
fibroid.
- Fibroid
embolization
Uterine
artery
embolization
involved
injecting
a
chemical
into
the
uterine
artery
to
cause
clotting
of
the
blood
supply
to
the
fibroid,
which
then
shrinks
over
time.
- Hysterectomy
Surgical
removal
of
the
womb
is
generally
reserved
for
women
whose
fibroids,
and
resulting
symptoms,
have
not
responded
to
other
measures.
Resources
The
Wisdom
of
Menopause,
Christiane
Northrup
M.D.
(buy
this
book
at
Amazon.com)
Guided
Meditation
text
-
mp3
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