Q I have a lot of stress and my lower abdomen is always cold. Could this make uterine fibroids worse?
A Stress can disrupt hormonal balance and affect the environment in which fibroids grow. Coldness in the lower abdomen reduces uterine blood circulation and creates conditions where blood stasis accumulates easily, so it is good to manage it.
Detailed Answer
Chronic stress raises cortisol secretion, disrupting hormonal balance and indirectly affecting the balance of estrogen and progesterone. When the lower abdomen is cold, blood flow around the uterus decreases, and when this state persists, what Korean medicine calls blood stasis and cold-dampness can settle in easily. Both are negative for the uterine environment, so it is important to manage them together.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
Coldness in the lower abdomen is not simply your constitution but a condition that can be improved with treatment. Many people feel their circulation come back to life when uterine blood flow is raised with large moxibustion and deep heat therapy, and the cold in the lower abdomen is relieved with vaginal steam (jwahun) therapy.
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