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Uterine Fibroids
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Gynecological
Mild
Severity
Very common — affects up to 70-80% of women by age 50, though many cases remain asymptomatic
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1The exact cause is not fully understood
- 2but fibroid growth is strongly driven by the hormones estrogen and progesterone
- 3which stimulate the growth of uterine muscle tissue. Risk factors include family history of fibroids
- 4obesity
- 5early onset of menstruation
- 6and being of African descent
- 7which is associated with a higher incidence and earlier onset. Genetic changes within individual fibroid cells that differ from surrounding normal uterine tissue also play a role in their development.
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