Uterine fibroids that cause some women to urinate frequently can be treated by traditional Chinese medicine, a physician said.
Chou Tzung-han (周宗翰), an attending physician at the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Taipei City Hospital’s Renai Branch, cited the case of a 48-year-old woman who needed to urinate frequently, sometimes more than 10 times per day, who was later diagnosed with a 10cm uterine fibroid.
The patient was first diagnosed with a uterine fibroid about 3cm in length about 10 years ago, but she did not feel much pain or discomfort, only the occasional urge to urinate frequently, so her doctor suggested follow-up observations, Chou said.
However, she later discovered that her symptoms became more serious, such as feeling the need to urinate whenever she felt stressed or nervous and sometimes leaking urine. The smell of urine on her also affected her quality of life.
It was later found that her uterine fibroid had grown to about 10cm in length.
Although her gynecologist suggested the patient undergo surgery to remove the growth, the woman felt that she was not mentally prepared for surgery and sought alternative treatment from the hospital’s Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Chou said the woman’s symptoms of frequent urination and nocturia — excessive urination at night — improved after she received acupuncture and underwent herbal medicine treatment for two months.
In addition to uterine fibroids pressing against the bladder, many women might feel the urge to frequently urinate if they are suffering from a urinary tract infection, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, or an overactive bladder, Chou said.
The prevalence of overactive bladder is about 18 percent in women, and the incidence rate increases with age, Chou said, adding that women with uterine fibroids often develop overactive bladders.
He said the symptom of frequent urination is usually not caused by drinking too much water, so women who feel the urge to urinate frequently should still drink enough water to maintain their autonomic nervous system and water metabolism.
They could try eating less fruit before going to sleep and do pelvic floor muscle training exercises regularly to relieve the symptom, Chou said.
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