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BIGGEST FERTILITY EXPO OF THE YEAR WILL ADDRESS BLACK WOMEN'S TOP HEALTH ISSUES
Miami,
FL -- Did you know that anywhere between 20 to 70% of women will develop
uterine fibroids by the time they turn 50. Although these benign tumors
found within or on the uterus, can affect all women, Black women are
about 3 times more likely than white women to develop fibroids, and they
tend to develop them at a younger age than other women. They can grow
as large as melons. Symptoms include excessive menstrual bleeding,
painful cramping, and pelvis, lower back pain and infertility.
According to Lauren Wise,
professor of epidemiology at Boston University, "Approximately 30
percent of reproductive-aged women are diagnosed with fibroids." Yet studies
reveal that while “approximately 70 percent of white women will have
uterine fibroids by age 50," that number is greater than 80 percent for
African-American women. In addition to this, black women are "more likely to report severe or very severe symptoms," Wise pointed out.
