Diet alone can t treat fibroids.
Living with fibroids uk.
Living with uterine fibroids maria s story excruciating pain uncontrollable bleeding and severe anaemia have become part of everyday life for fibroid sufferer maria xavier.
Fibroids often shrink after menopause because they need female hormones to grow.
The main types of fibroids are.
She says that at the time some 20 years ago.
Some can be the size of a pea whereas others can be the size of a melon.
Children s nurse katherine hill suffered from such severe uterine fibroids she was seriously anaemic and lived in fear of bleeding at work or whilst out with friends.
Intramural fibroids the most common type of fibroid which develop in the muscle wall of the womb.
Fibroids typically grow slowly or not at all.
Our physicians are women s health specialists who will find a safe and effective way to get rid of your uncomfortable symptoms often using minimally invasive procedures.
Fibroids can grow anywhere in the womb and vary in size considerably.
In many cases they shrink on their own especially after menopause you may not need treatment unless you re bothered by symptoms.
The impact of living with uterine fibroids katherine s story.
However a balanced diet may also help ease some fibroid symptoms and complications.
As many as 70 of white women and 80 of black women are thought to have these non cancerous uterine tumors by age 50.
For many women fibroids can disrupt their everyday lives with severe pain and bleeding.
Explained 43 year old katherine who is married and lives in nottingham.
The 47 year old was diagnosed with uterine fibroids when she was 25.
Nearly all women really have fibroids the numbers are startling.
Several medical and surgical options are available to treat or remove troublesome fibroids without having to remove the uterus.
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