Bradley, what exactly are fibroids?
Fibroids are the most common, benign, non-cancerous growth within the uterus in women. Mostly occurring during the reproductive years. How does a woman know if she is at risk for fibroids? Well actually all women are at risk for fibroids. Approximately 75 to 80% of women have fibroids. It’s more common the older the patient becomes. More common if it runs in your family and more common if the woman is of African descent. How does a woman know if she has fibroids? Well the good news is that only 50% of women actually have symptoms. So the other 50% may have symptoms that lead her to see a physician and those symptoms might be things like abnormal bleeding, abdominal pressure, severe menstrual cramping, pain with intercourse, maybe a cosmetic effect where a fibroid, which is the muscle of the uterus gets thicker such as the woman has a protuberance of her abdomen or even difficulty becoming pregnant. And then lastly, sometimes pressure symptoms where she is urinating frequently or even h
