Fibroids | search
Click here to view Fibroids news from 60+ newspapers.
Bookmark or Share- Uterine fibroids - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo ClinicUterine fibroids often are found by chance during a routine pelvic exam. Your doctor may feel irregular changes in the shape of your uterus, suggesting the presence of fibroids. If you have symptoms of uterine fibroids, you may need these tests:
- Uterine fibroids - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicUterine fibroids are common growths of the uterus. They often appear during the years you're usually able to get pregnant and give birth. Uterine fibroids are not cancer, and they almost never turn into cancer.
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Know your uterine fibroid treatment optionsUterine fibroids are noncancerous tumors that grow in the wall of the uterus. Up to 80% of those who are born with a uterus may experience these benign masses of muscle in their uterus. While fibroids are usually benign, they can cause reproductive issues, such as infertility or pregnancy loss, difficult menstrual periods, and pain.
- Fibroids: What do you do? - Mayo Clinic PressFibroids are very common benign smooth muscle growths of the uterus, affecting up to 80% of women over the course of their lifetime. As I am fond of reminding my patients, it would actually be more unusual for you not to have fibroids than to have them.
- Fibroid Clinic - Overview - Mayo ClinicFibroids are common and usually occur between the ages of 30 and 40. Black women are more likely to have fibroids — and more severe symptoms — than are white women. Signs and symptoms of uterine fibroids can include heavy or painful menstrual bleeding, a sensation of pelvic pressure or fullness, compression of the bladder or bowels, and ...
More
