Dr Abayomi Ajayi, the MD of Nordica Fibroids Care Center in Lagos has revealed five ways women suffering from uterine fibroids can be treated.
While speaking with Hajia Saratu Kassim, the
founder of Fertility Support Group on his popular Dr Abayomi Live programme
on Facebook
and Zoom,
the highly experienced gynaecologist revealed uterine
fibroids can be treated via laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, uterine axis
embolisation and HIFU.
He described HIFU which stands for High-Intensity
Focused Ultrasound as the newest and by far the most effective method of
treating uterine fibroids because it is a non-invasive method and surgery is
not required.
Speaking further about the effectiveness of HIFU,
Dr
Abayomi revealed that the centre has treated well over 100 patients
without a side effect. "All they needed to do was lay on a bed for about 2
hours and before you know it, their fibroids are gone.
He further stated that patients whose fibroids are
treated via HIFU van start trying to have babies as early as 3-6 months
after the treatment.
Dr
Abayomi Ajayi also mentioned that some women stand a
higher risk of having fibroids than others.
He mentioned that women's age and being black as
some of the factors as well as people who see their periods earlier on in life.
"People who see their periods earlier on in
life are more pre-disposed fibroids. It doesn't mean that they will or will not
have it; rather it simply means that they are at risk of having fibroids.
"People who are using birth control pills are
at a higher risk of having fibroids. The most important factor is family
history. If you have a mother or sister with fibroids, you stand a very high
risk of having it.
He further explained how some women can know that
they have fibroids by citing similar examples
"Some people don't have symptoms at all and
that's very tricky. The only way such people can know is by doing a scan and
the Doctor affirms to them that they do.
"For people who have symptoms, the commonest
thing is the menstrual flow. It's either the flow is heavy and the number of
sanitary towels such a person uses increases or the menstruation becomes
prolonged.
"So if you're bleeding for 5 days before suddenly it
becomes about 7 days and it's heavy or sometimes, some people even bleed
in-between periods and for some, they just notice that there's a swelling in
their abdomen.
"Sometimes this swelling becomes very painful
and at times, because the swelling is compressing on the bladder and rectum,
the woman will start urinating very frequently.
"I've seen women who will not even be able to
urinate at all, you know what happens to men and prostrate, sometimes it
happens to women with fibroids too. And for some, it's that they have
constipation, they are not able to empty their rectum because of the presence
of the fibroid. Those are some of the things that may make a woman suspect that
she might have fibroids," he said.
For a more comprehensive discussion on infertility and fibroids, Dr Abayomi Ajayi and his team shall be holding a webinar in Abuja on Saturday, June 11, 2022, by 3:00 pm at Valencia Hotel 44 Blantyre Crescent, Wuse, Abuja.
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