Hey and good afternoon. Cheers for letting me know the question. Heavy bleeding or termed as menorrhagia is define as the period blood that has the volume of more than 80mL for every period cycle.

I know it must be the annoying part for you to measure the blood but it is good to know that there is a measurement tool for this which is called as the menstrual cup which you can obtained it from the local shop or a pharmacy. Uterine fibroids can be diagnosed by having an ultra sound scan. It uses sound waves to get a picture of the uterus and to know exactly where is the location of the uterus. A device will be placed on your abdomen or it will places inside your vagina. Other than that, laboratory tests also can be done to confirm fibroids.

As you said, not all the uterine fibroids must be treated with a surgery. But it is good to know that there is no single best approach to the uterine fibroid management. Many females with uterine fibroids experience no symptoms or signs, or only mildly some signs and symptoms that they can cope with. If that is the case for you, just wait or watchful waiting can be the best treatment option for you. It means that you just have to wait and aware if there is any changes to your severity of the symptoms.

Fibroids does not represents cancer. They rarely affect the pregnancy. They usually will grow slowly and tend to shrink after you become menopause which is when the levels of hormones decreases. Few medications such as GnRH agonist, NSAIDS, tranexamic acid and progestin releasing intrauterine device can be used to treat fibroids as well.

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