Are fibroids the same as tumors?
Fibroids are benign tumors of the Uterine smooth muscle tissue. They hardly ever become cancerous or malignant. The uterine muscular cells are heaped up in one place in a whorl like pattern and all the cells will be timid looking under the microscope. They grow slowly rather very slowly. They change the shape of the Uterus and sometimes Uterus becomes “bulky” with multiple fibroids on its body. They can be towards the cavity or within the muscle substance or towards the external surface. They are thought of to have arisen due to hormonal fluctuation. This varies from person to person, so some have none some some and some many fibroids and those who have them have of different sizes. The last worry from the fibroid is that of malignant change. But what they can actually cause is that they can increase the surface area of the uterus resulting in heavy periods or incessant periods or irregular periods. They may interfere in conception rendering the couple childless.
