159 Uterine Fibroids: What Every Woman Needs to Know

On Health for Women

Aviva Romm

Arts, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Medicine

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🗓️ 21 July 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Uterine fibroids (‘fibroids’) are solid, well-defined, non-cancerous growths of muscle tissue in the uterus. They’re highly prevalent in the US, where a woman’s lifetime risk of developing them is estimated to be as high as 75% (the often cited 20% to 50% is likely a significantly underestimated range) by age 50, and as high as an 80% lifetime risk for Black women. Given their remarkably high incidence, their significant impact on women's health, and the high rate of hysterectomies as a result of fibroids, it’s incredibly important for all women to know how to prevent uterine fibroids, and the strategies that are available to reduce them to avoid unnecessary surgery – and possibly unnecessary medications. Like so many chronic women’s health conditions, fibroids may be a symptom of reversible environmental and dietary factors that can be associated with other medical conditions. An integrative approach can therefore not only prevent and reduce fibroids, but can be part of a plan for lifetime hormonal and total health. Join me for today's episode to learn how, and for an accompanying article go to avivaromm.com/159

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0:00.0	Welcome to NaturalMD Radio, your place to hear the whole truth on health and medicine for
0:11.5	women and children and get the tools you need to take back your health naturally starting
0:17.1	now.
0:18.1	I'm Dr. Aviva Wrong.
0:20.1	Well, a lot of us probably grew up thinking of uterine fibroids as an old lady condition
0:34.9	that's not actually true at all.
0:37.7	In fact, they typically start growing in our 20s and 30s with the peak incidence of them
0:44.8	becoming problematic in our 40s.
0:47.9	That's because during these years, when our bodies are really fertile and going through
0:52.1	our cycles, we have more estrogen and growth factors.
0:56.7	And when those are in excess, they feed fibroids like miracle growth feeds houseplants.
1:04.0	In fact, as estrogen levels naturally decline in menopause, that's when fibroids usually
1:09.9	spontaneously shrink.
1:12.0	Tutorine fibroids or fibroids are solid, well-defined, non-cancerous growths of muscle
1:18.5	tissue in the uterus.
1:20.5	They're highly prevalent in the United States where a woman's lifetime risk of developing
1:24.9	them is estimated to be as high as, get this, 75 percent.
1:32.4	And that's even higher for black women who have a lifetime risk of 80 percent.
1:38.8	We're going to talk more about that.
1:40.8	The often cited 20 to 50 percent lifetime likelihood of having fibroids is old news and
1:48.1	a significant underestimation.
1:51.4	Tutorine fibroids are important for us to understand starting when we're really young
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