Earlier this yr, Virginia designated July as Uterine Fibroids Consciousness Month.
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Earlier this yr, Virginia designated July as Uterine Fibroids Consciousness Month.
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When Tanika Grey Valbrun was 13 years previous, she bought her first interval at a household perform. It was obvious as a result of she was sporting white shorts and as a result of her move was heavy. That heaviness endured every time she bought her interval, together with intense ache.
It wasn’t till her mid-twenties that Tanika would discover out these debilitating durations — and ongoing fertility struggles — have been brought on by fibroids, benign uterine tumors. However simply because they are not cancerous doesn’t suggest they can not trigger issues.
When signs do come up in folks with fibroids, Rachell Bervell, doctor and founding father of the Black ObGyn Undertaking, says they are often fairly critical.
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