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Subserous fibroids are those that grow on the outside of the uterus, and cause the uterus to appear larger than it is.

Mensturation can increase their growth by supplying the subserous fibroids with a large supply of oxygen rich blood and nutrition.

Subserous fibroids have the potential to grow very big, and can even expand to the size of a six month pregnancy. They can cause a feeling of bulkiness and constant discomfort.

They will affect sensory nerves connected to lower back or back of the legs and hence results in pain in these areas.

Symptoms of subserous fibroids include abdominal bloating, especially during menstruation, as well as looking pregnant due to the bulky fibroid.

Because of their size and location, they can put pressure on other organs, including the colon, causing difficulty in moving the bowels, and the bladder, causing incontinence or difficulty in urinating. They can even damage the tubes that connect the bladder to the kidneys, and damage the kidneys.

An additional adverse condition that causes extreme pain is tissue death of the internal areas of the fibroids which is caused by the lack of a large blood supply that they demand and sometimes can not get enough of in order to stay alive.

Subserous fibroids are sometimes mistaken as ovarian cysts when they are connected by a stalk to the outside of the uterus. The only test available to distinguish between an ovarian cyst and a fibroid is by using a Magnetic Resonance Imaging device (MRI), which helps radiologists to create detailed, layered pictures deep inside bodies. Ultrasounds only provide vague imaging and the newer MRI is much more accurate.

As suberous fibroids are in the outside of uterus they can be removed easily using laparoscopic myomectomy surgical methods compared to other type of fibroids. This method is a kind of keyhole surgery, where small incisions are made in abdomen to remvove the suberous fibroids.

The Third Military Medical University in China conducted a study about the effectiveness of myomectomies and Uterine Artery Embolization, which is a method that surgically blocks the blood flow to the fibroids, thus shrinking them through preventing them access to blood and nutrition.

Both methods of treatment were used on 142 women who had fibroids that were 2 cm to 12 cm. After follow up 16 months later, five women experienced the reappearance of fibroids indicating that surgical treatment is not 100 per cent successful.

There are some risks indulged in fast resulting surgical methods. laparascopic myomectomies cause damage to blood vessels or the intestines and also creates additional scar tissue and adhesions, which damages our digestion and fertility. Tissues die due to Uterine Artery Embolization, which causes serious infection in the uterus which can soon spread to all the other parts of our body. Dead tissues creates pain, and makes very unpleasant vaginal odor.

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