Fibroids and Nausea: What You Need to Know

Can fibroids cause nausea? In addition to symptoms such as heavy bleeding and pain with sex, fibroids can make you nauseous. In this post, we'll review nausea and other symptoms of fibroids, while offering solutions for symptom relief and for fibroid treatment.

Can fibroids cause nausea?

Some women with fibroids will experience nausea caused by their tumors. This could be a side effect of fibroid-related constipation, especially if you have larger tumors that put place pressure on your bowel.

If fibroids cause heavy bleeding, you could also develop anemia. In turn, you might experience dizziness, a symptom that may also cause nausea. But even if your tumors simply worsen your menstrual cramps, you could experience fibroids and nausea each month.

Identifying Fibroid Symptoms

Some uterine tumors may not cause any symptoms. As such, they may go undetected until they grow larger and symptomatic. At that point, fibroids can cause nausea, as well as symptoms such as back pain, uterine enlargement, frequent urination and more.

Finding Relief

To relieve fibroids and nausea, you can manage symptoms by getting fresh air, taking deep breaths, changing your focus or closing your eyes. Changes in diet may also help you avoid long-term causes of nausea by relieving constipation or anemia. However, in order to prevent fibroid symptoms from returning, you'll need to treat the tumors and not just their effects in your body.

Thankfully, there are a range of available treatment options. Some women will choose surgery, either a myomectomy to remove individual tumors, or a hysterectomy that removes the uterus. However, both are invasive and require an extended recovery period. Thankfully, there are minimally-invasive alternatives. here at the Dallas Fibroid Center, we offer uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) a procedure that shrinks your fibroids without surgery. Reach out today to request a consultation and learn more about minimally invasive fibroid treatment options.