“Fibroids causing pain with sex will depend on size and location,” says Dr. Eilber. “Large subserosal fibroids may not cause any symptoms while small submucosal ones might.” ...

Dr Nonjabulo Dladla, obstetrician and gynaecologist at Life Empangeni Private Hospital, explores the topic of fibroids.

From unbearable pain to feeling no symptoms at all, women with uterine fibroids can have vastly different experiences. While ...

Small fibroids are less than 5 cm, medium fibroids are 5-10 cm, and large fibroids are over 10 cm and can grow beyond the size of a grapefruit. They affect women of reproductive age. Estrogen and ...

For you as a woman, the dream of holding your baby in your arms begins long before your first pregnancy test or fertility appointment. But when uterine fibroids, a condition affecting up to 70 per ...

Subserosal fibroids, which develop on the outer surface of the uterus, generally don’t impact fertility unless they grow large enough to compress the fallopian tubes or significantly distort the ...

Subserosal fibroids grow on the outside of the uterus; ... They are not recommended for women who have very large fibroids, which can block the uterine cavity.

Uterine fibroids affect up to 80 percent of 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 ...