Talk:Uterine fibroids

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This page on Uterine Fibroids contains inaccuracies and myth. Rapid growth hasn't been considered an indication that a uterine tumor is cancerous for quite some time...medical content posted here is outdated and unreliable. 65.117.209.239 17:27, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

This page is total crap. People who come here for medical advice are insane.--Hollerbackgril 02:10, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Please remain civil, and remember, "I don't like it" isn't really much of an excuse. bibliomaniac15 01:39, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

How's this for "an excuse"... "Uterine Fibroids may be removed by NSAIDs, a hysterectomy, hormonal therapy, a myomectomy, or uterine artery embolization." Um, NO. How do NSAIDs, hormonal therapy, or uterine artery embolization REMOVE uterine fibroids? They don't. If the first paragraph in this article is this poorly writted/edited, what does that say about the rest of the information presented herein? Ugh. People who use wikipedia entries for medical advice/information are truly misguided on the background/accuracy of the information presented. No doubt Wiki has a medical disclaimer somewhere on its site addressing the potential liabilities of this...This site is simply unreliable in it's content and clearly unaccountable for any of it. Reliable resources do exist online. This isn't one of them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.117.209.239 (talk • contribs) 19:03, 24 January 2007

If there is a problem with the content of this page, I'm putting up a tag. Disinclination 23:30, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

If some of you people know more then please update this info and stop only complaning about it! I'm very interested in the iinfo about uterine fibroids and would appreciate, as manny others, some correct info on this subject. So please stop complaning and change some of it's content. Thanks. JaskoNL 09:23, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I also would like to see this article improved so have tagged it for an expert. If there is a better source for an expert, please adjust the tag accordingly. If and when an expert appears, could s/he add something about what happens to uterine fibroids during and after the menopause. Thanks. Itsmejudith 23:39, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

I just made changes to the surgery section to add more detail about myomectomies. If that passes muster I plan to continue working on fleshing out and improving the page. However, I'm not a medical expert, so the tag should stay. I should also admit that I'm not familiar with abbreviations of medical journals and thus some of my references need to be cleaned up. Jeanne d'Albret (talk) 18:38, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removing unverifiable information

I'm going to remove the statement that NSAIDS are used for removal. There are no references in this article, nor is it included as a use in the NSAIDS article. If there is reliable documentation, it can be replaced. — ERcheck (talk) 23:37, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

NSAIDS was never an option. I've had a myomectomy to remove my large fibroid (at age 28). More are regrowing in me as we speak. Will try to rustle up some factual information on this (it was all given to me hard copy wise the first time and my then surgeon has now retired! grr). --AussieJess talk —Preceding comment was added at 14:13, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Uterine fibroids can grow rapidly, feeding on hormones during pregnany - eventually outstripping their blood supply and going into very, very painful degeneration. My wife experienced this with our first son - spent 4 days in high risk pregnancy unit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.71.24.188 (talk) 05:59, 5 January 2008 (UTC)