Elizabeth Poynor, MD, on Uterine Fibroids

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:42:53 +0100

An experienced gynecologist and surgeon, Dr. Elizabeth Poynor owns and operates her own boutique women’s health practice on Fifth Avenue in downtown New York City. In addition to treating patients surgically, Dr. Poynor is pleased when medical conditions can be addressed without resorting to invasive medical procedures. One medical complication that can be treated with a variety of surgical and nonsurgical means is uterine fibroids.

Uterine fibroids are benign (or noncancerous) tumors that develop in the womb (or uterus). Fairly common among patients of childbearing years, these tumors appear in nearly half of all women by the time they reach the age of 50. Although the cause of uterine fibroids remains a mystery, their growth appears to be connected with the hormone estrogen. Under certain circumstances, fibroids can become quite large, even large enough to fill the uterus with several pounds of weight. In these cases, sharp pelvic pain and profuse menstrual bleeding may occur.

In general, however, uterine fibroids rarely require serious medical intervention. When patients experience pain or other troublesome symptoms as a result of fibroid growth, they can seek a number of treatment options, from oral contraceptives and iron supplements for the control of heavy menstruation to outpatient surgical procedures such as hysteroscopic resection and myomectomy.

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Elizabeth Poynor, MD, on Uterine Fibroids

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