Uterine Fibroid Tumor ( Myoma )

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A True Help for the

Uterine Fibroid Tumor ( Myoma )

 

 

by Elizabeth Smith, M.D.

 

A True Help for the Uterine Fibroid Tumor ( Myoma )

 

http://www.fibroid101.com/

 

My Mother

 

I am a medical doctor, and my mother was 68 and had

just been to her Gynecologist who happened to be my

class mate from medical school 10 years earlier. She

had been diagnosed with a uterine fibroid tumor (

myoma ) also known as a uterine fibroma or myoma the

size of a softball by ultrasound. I had just been

reading a book by J. Lee, M.D., a Norwegian physician

in Sevastapol, California. Lee, M.D. had been treating

uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ) also know as uterine

fibromas with great success for several decades with a

simple over the counter hormone that could be bought

at the health food store. I was very skeptical. My

experience in medical school taught me that a uterine

fibroid tumor ( myoma ) was treated by a hysterectomy.

However, Lee, M.D. was saying something very

different! He was claiming that too much estrogen

could cause a uterine fibroid tumor ( myoma )! For the

first time in my medical career this cause of a

uterine fibroid tumor ( myoma ) made sense! Mainstream

medicine readily acknowledged that women that had

uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ) and not on HRT

(hormone replacement therapy - conjugated

estrogen/progestin) after menopause would have their

uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ) shrivel up and

disappear. Lee, M.D. advised to treat a woman with a

uterine fibroid tumor ( myoma ) by taking her off HRT

and then giving her a simple over the counter hormone

cream/oil.

 

So that is what I advised my mother with some

trepidation. The first hormone cream that I gave my

mother actually caused her uterus to get BIGGER. With

horror, I checked the ingredients and found that the

manufacturer had actually included some herbs that had

a strong estrogen effect. The herbs that had been put

into the cream were known phytoestrogens.

 

I switched hormone creams to a different manufacturer

and apologized to my mother. She used the hormone

cream diligently. Three months later, a repeat

ultrasound showed that the uterine fibroid tumor (

myoma ) had disappeared! However, my medical school

classmate, a board certified Gynecologist still wanted

to do a hysterectomy to remove her uterus for future

potential uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ). My mother

refused and 4 years later she still has her uterus.

The uterine fibroid tumor ( myoma ) has not returned.

In retrospect, I found that almost always uterine

fibroids disappear after menopause if the woman is NOT

taking prescription estrogen from her doctor. So it is

likely that stopping prescription estrogen alone after

menopause would have gotten rid of the uterine

fibroid. The Natural Progesterone just hurried getting

rid of the fibroid along.

 

Later I researched the new cream that I had given my

mother and found with dismay that the hormone cream

contained an emulsifier that was very toxic. Three

cc's of the emulsifer used in the cream when taken by

mouth by an adult resulted in fatal convulsions! So if

she ate one third of the bottle of the hormone cream

she would die of fatal convulsions - not from the

hormone but from the toxic emulsifier! So again I

apologized to my mother and gave her a new hormone

cream.

 

For premenopausal women with fibroids and Natural

Progesterone use, the fibroids disappear, remain the

same size, or rarely get bigger. The fibroids that

rarely get bigger do so because of xenoestrogens

(foreign chemical estrogens). This is usually

accompanied by an increased of soreness of breasts.

Chronic exposure to xenoestrogens desensitizes the

body to estrogen. In other words, the body tries to

get used to too much estrogen, by becoming less

sensitive to estrogen. When Natural Progesterone is

taken, the body resensitizes the estrogen sensitivty

back to normal, and it appears as though the patient

is getting more estrogen even though estrogen exposure

is NOT increased. The solution is to STOP Natual

Progesterone, STOP xeonestrogen exposure for 1-2

months, and then start the Natural Progesterone again

in 1-2 months. Read about it here.

 

In some cases of increased fibroid size, patients may

have difficulty excreting all chemicals including

xenoestrogens. This is usually marked by a

hypersensitivity to smell and a sensitivity to small

amounts of drugs like coffee and/or alcohol. Low level

anxiety and fear creates this difficulty in excreting

chemicals. The low level anxiety or fear may be due to

past sexual abuse, physical abuse, jumping through

hoops to perform to be loved and accepted,

perfectionism, control, or fighting constantly with

parents. A woman that competes in a man's world that

strives to be equal to men also seems to be a common

theme. This constant emotional stress changes appears

to increase cell membrane rigidity and impairs

excretion of xenoestrogens. Pleasant Valley Church in

Atlanta, Georgia runs value priced seminars that

treats this impaired excretion rate quite well (706)

646-2074.

 

 

 

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Get Rid of Uterine Fibroid Tumors( Myomas )!

 

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Dr. Lee Treats Uterine Fibroid Tumors ( Myomas )

Successfully

 

WITHOUT SURGERY

 

Dr. Lee further writes in his book " What Your Doctor

May Not Tell You About Menopause " :

 

" Otherwise known as myoma of the uterus, uterine

fibroid tumors ( myomas ) are the most common growth

of the female genital tract. They are round, firm,

benign (i.e. noncancerous) lumps of the muscular wall

of the uterus, composed of smooth muscle and

connective tissue, and are rarely solitary. Usually as

small as a hen's egg, they commonly grow gradually to

the size of an orange or grapefruit. The largest

uterine fibroid tumor ( myoma ) on record weighed over

100 pounds. They often cause or are coincidental with

heavier periods, irregular bleeding, and/or painful

periods.

 

Uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ) are also one of the

most common reasons that women in their thirties and

forties have a hysterectomy. Some particularly

skillful surgeons are capable of removing only the

uterine fibroid tumor ( myoma ), leaving the uterus

intact, but they are the exception.

 

Uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ), like breast

fibrocysts, are a product of estrogen dominance (too

much estrogen). Estrogen stimulates their growth, and

lack of estrogen causes them to atrophy. Estrogen

dominance is a much greater problem than recognized by

contemporary medicine. Many women in their mid

thirties begin to have anovulatory (nonovulating)

cycles. As they approach the decade before menopause,

they are producing much less progesterone than

expected, but still producing normal (or more)

estrogen. They retain water and salt, their breast

swell and become fibrocystic, they gain weight

(especially around the hips and torso), they become

depressed and lose sex drive, their bone suffer

mineral loss, and they develop fibroids. All are signs

of estrogen dominance.

 

When sufficient hormone is replaced, uterine fibroid

tumors ( myomas ) no longer grow in size (they

generally decrease in size) and can be kept from

growing until menopause, after which they will

atrophy. This is the effect of reversing estrogen

dominance. "

 

 

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" Uterine fibroid tumors ( myomas ), like breast

fibrocysts, are a product of estrogen dominance (too

much estrogen). Estrogen stimulates their growth, and

lack of estrogen causes them to atrophy. "

 

John Lee, M.D.

 

 

 

 

 

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Dr. Lee further writes in his book " What Your Doctor

May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer " :

 

" Fibroids (benign tumors that grow in the uterus) are

the most common reason that women visit a gynecologist

in the ten or so years before menopause. Fibroids tend

to grow during the years before menopause and then

atrophy after menopause. This suggests that estrogen

stimulates fibroid growth, but we also know that once

they get larger, progesterone too can contribute to

their growth. Many doctors prescribe Lupron injections

to block all sex hormone production. This causes

fibroids to shrink, but they regrow when the

injections are stopped. The anti-progesterone drug

RU-486 is also used to reduce the size of larger

fibroids. Women with fibroids are often estrogen

dominant and have low progesterone levels. In women

with smaller fibroids (the size of a tangerine or

smaller), when progesterone is restored to normal

levels, the fibroids often stop growing and shrink a

bit, which is likely due to progesterone's ability to

help speed up the clearance of estrogens from tissue.

If this treatment can be continued through menopause,

hysterectomy can be avoided.

 

However, some fibroids, when they reach a certain

" critical mass, " are accompanied by degeneration or

cell death in the interior part of the fibroid, and

will have interaction with white blood cells that ends

up with the creation of more estrogen within the

fibroid itself. It also contains growth factors that

are stimulated by progesterone. Under these

circumstances, surgical removal of the fibroid

(myomectomy) or the uterus (hysterectomy) may become

necessary. When you think of treating smaller

fibroids, your should be thinking in terms of keeping

your estrogen milieu as low as possible; when treating

large fibroids, all hormones should be kept as low as

possible.

 

The last thing you want to do if you have fibroids is

take estrogen, which will stimulate them to grow. If

you're estrogen dominant, then it's important to use

supplemental progesterone , usually in doses of 20 mg

per day during the luteal phase of the cycle.

Sometimes this approach works to slow or stop the

fibroid growth, and sometimes it doesn't. It is worth

a try. Reducing stress, increasing exercise, and

reducing calories are also good strategies for slowing

fibroid growth.

 

There are a number of techniques for removing fibroids

without removing the uterus. If your doctor doesn't

know about these, find another one who does! The

difference in recovery time alone between laparoscopic

removal of fibroids ( for example) and hysterectomy is

three weeks versus three months.

 

Ultrasound tests can be obtained initially and after

three months to check results. A good result would

show that the fibroid size hadn't increased, or had

decreased by 10 to 15 percent. With post menopausal

hormone levels, fibroids usually atrophy (and not

taking prescription estrogen). "

 

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" The over the counter hormone cream, saved my mother

from the expense and pain of a surgical operation to

remove her uterine fibroid! "

 

Elizabeth Smith, M.D.

 

 

 

 

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" From my women patients, I learned that uterine

fibroid tumors ( myomas ) were most often a sign of

estrogen dominance. I also recommend adding vitamin E

in dosages of 600 IU at bedtime, supplemental

magnesium (300 milligrams a day), and vitamin B6 (50

milligrams per day)*. This treatment is simple, safe,

inexpensive, successful, and natural. "

 

 

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Jesse Hanley, MD who coauthored the book " What Your

Doctor May Not Tell You Abut Premenopause " with John

Lee, MD now uses Indole-3-Carbinol 200 mg/day to treat

uterine fibroids otherwise known as myomas. Hanley, MD

seemed to have a high level of confidence that using

Indole-3-Carbinol for fibroids has a high level of

success. Recently, I talked to a Colorado Springs

nutritionist that also used Indole-3-Carbinol and

Bioflavinoids to treat uterine fibroids for decades.

This nutritionist seemed to think that she has a

success rate of 85%-100% in getting rid of fibroids

using indole-3-carbinol. Indole-3-Carbinol is a

derivative from brussel sprouts, cabbage, and

cauliflower. Indole-3-Carbinol gives your body the raw

material to deactivate estradiol. So you may or may

not have hot flashes while taking indole-3-carbinol.

However, you may only need to take indole-3-carbinol

for 3-4 months. Do not use DIM. In our clincal

experience of using DIM (Diindolymethane) for 2 years,

we did not get any results with fibroids.

 

*Whole grains also regulate hormonal levels due to

their high levels of vitamin B and vitamin E, which

have a beneficial effect on both the liver and the

ovaries. In 1942, a researcher named Biskind found

that B vitamin deficiency hindered the liver's ability

to metabolize estrogen levels in both animal and human

test subjects. The addition of B vitamin

supplementation to the diet of women suffering from

PMS, heavy menstrual bleeding, and fibrocystic breast

disease helped to decrease the severity of their

symptoms. Studies conducted at UCLA Medical School

during the 1980s found that taking a specific B

vitamin, pyridoxine B6, helped to relieve symptoms of

menstrual cramps and PMS.

 

Research also conducted during the 1980s at Johns

Hopkins University Medical Center similarly found, in

several placebo controlled studies, that vitamin E is

useful in reducing many PMS symptoms, as well as

fibrocystic breast discomfort. Other studies have

found that vitamin E supplementation reduced menopause

related hot flashes, fatigue, and mood swings in 66 to

85 percent of the women tested, depending on the

study. One additional study noted a decrease in the

symptoms of vaginal atrophy in 50 percent of the

postmenopausal women volunteers.

 

 

 

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