5 Uterine Fibroids Symptoms You Don’t Have to Live With
glamour.comof people with a uterus (and are two to three times more likely to occur in Black women)—and uterine fibroids symptoms tend to be “loud and obnoxious,” says , D.O., an OB-GYN and fibroid specialist in Texas.
While it's possible to have asymptomatic fibroids, “they make their presence known if they’re symptomatic,” Dr. Arumala says.
Uterine fibroids, also called leiomyomas or myomas, are non-cancerous growths found in or on the uterus which can be as small as a pea or as big as a grapefruit.
Depending on the size and location of these non-cancerous tumors, they could be wreaking havoc or you might not even know you have them. “Some women have ginormous fibroids and don’t know, or they do know, but it doesn't necessarily bother them,” says , M.D., chief medical officer at Verywell Health and a board-certified OB-GYN and fibroid expert.Your gynecologist may catch asymptomatic fibroids during a routine pelvic exam but typically, uterine fibroids go unnoticed unless they start causing symptoms, the most common of which is heavy menstrual bleeding.
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