{"id":3948,"date":"2018-09-05T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T06:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/present\/que-sabes-de-los-miomas\/"},"modified":"2019-05-17T16:03:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T14:03:25","slug":"what-do-you-know-about-myomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/latest\/what-do-you-know-about-myomas\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you know about myomas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span class=\"noticias-h4-azul-oscuro\">Myomas: the answers to 6 common questions<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>What are they?<\/strong><br \/>\nMyomas are growths of muscle tissue that form in the uterine cavity. They can vary in size but are usually not larger than 4 or 5 cm. They are the most common benign tumour in the female genital system and affect an estimated one in five women of childbearing age.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why do they appear?<\/strong><br \/>\nThey are caused by the proliferation of cells in the uterine wall. While the cause is still unknown, they are associated with the production of oestrogen, which promotes their growth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do they differ from a cyst or polyp?<\/strong><br \/>\nCysts are found in the ovaries and fibroids and polyps in the uterus. Usually, polyps are also benign, but smaller than myomas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How are they detected?<\/strong><br \/>\nThey can be detected during routine ultrasound examinations performed at gynaecological check-ups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can they cause cancer?<\/strong><br \/>\nMost are benign and there is only a very small chance that a diagnosed myoma will become malignant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do they have to be removed?<\/strong><br \/>\nOnly when they are very large, cause discomfort or grow a lot in a small space of time. There are drugs to help control the bleeding, but not the growth. It is important to have them monitored regularly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myomas: the answers to 6 common questions What are they? Myomas are growths of muscle tissue that form in the uterine cavity. They can vary in size but are usually not larger than 4 or 5 cm. They are the most common benign tumour in the female genital system and affect an estimated one in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[535,755],"tags":[938,996,998,995,997],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3949,"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3948\/revisions\/3949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}