Uterine Fibroid Embolization: How to Get Relief from Fibroids?

Abdominal pain, Pelvic pain, Bloating, Heaviness feeling in the pelvic region, Abnormal Bleeding, Bloating, Swelling...can all be signs of Uterine Fibroids. Uterine Fibroids can be very painful and cause many medical issues.   The uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE) procedure shrinks the fibroids permanently. Keeping the Uterus with a much shorter recovery time than removing the Uterus and can be performed in an outpatient center rather than a hospital, keeping you safer in the process!     Uterine fibroid Embolization (UFE)  is a non-surgical permanent treatment for fibroids. Compared to the surgical options, UFE results in fewer complications, NO hospital stay, and a far quicker recovery time. Long-term data show that 90 to 95% of women who have the UFE procedure report ongoing satisfaction and significant or total symptomatic relief for many years following the procedure.     Benefits of UFE  at VidaVascular:    1 Completely noninvasive — NO surgery and NO blood loss   2 No hospital

    Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is also known as peripheral artery disease (PAD) , or leg artery disease, and affects nearly 10 million people in the U.S. alone. The arteries affected by PAD provide blood supply to the legs. When these arteries are partially or completely blocked, they can cause a great deal of pain during physical activity or even at rest.  So, who is atrisk for PAD? There are several potential risks factors that all patients should be aware of.  Those include:  - Smoking  - High blood pressure                              - Diabetes  - High cholesterol  - Obesity  - Age > 60  - Family history of vascular disease     PAD can present with several different symptoms .  Common symptoms that patients experience include:  - Leg pain when walking  - Cramping or pain in the leg muscles brought on with the increased physical activity  - Weakness or numbness in the legs  - The legs or feet feeling cold  - A change in color of the legs  - Sores on the legs or feet tha

Data from the National Institutes of Health indicates that nearly a third of women ages 25 to 44 have uterine fibroid symptoms. As many as 90 percent of African-American women and 70 percent of Caucasian women will have fibroids by age 50. Some women can have more than a dozen fibroids at once.   Uterine fibroid Embolization (UFE) is a non-surgical permanent treatment for fibroids. Compared to the surgical options, UFE results in fewer complications, no hospital stay, and a far quicker recovery time. Long-term data show that 90 to 95% of women who have the UFE procedure reports ongoing satisfaction and significant or total symptomatic relief for many years following the procedure.     How does uterine fibroid embolization work? Under fluoroscopic (X-ray) guidance, the interventional radiologist guides a wire and catheter into the uterine arteries on both sides (which supply the fibroids) and injects small particles, the size of grains of sand, that block the blood supply to th