5 Uterine Fibroid Treatments That Can Help Relieve Symptoms

Heavy periods. Pelvic pressure. Bloating that doesn’t seem to go away.

Sound familiar? For some women, symptoms like these can be caused by uterine fibroids, noncancerous growths that form in or on the uterus.

“Uterine fibroids are very common during the reproductive years, and often don’t cause symptoms at all,” says Daniel Scott Gottschall, MD, an obstetrics and gynecology specialist and vice president of medical affairs at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport. “But there are treatment options when they affect your quality of life.”

Here’s a few common approaches.