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Uterine Fibroids

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumors in women of childbearing age. Fibroids are made of muscle cells and other tissues that grow in and around the wall of the uterus, or womb. The cause of fibroids is unknown. Risk factors include being African American or being overweight.

Many women with fibroids have no symptoms. If you do have symptoms, they may include:

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  1. Uterine Fibroids (National Library of Medicine)  
    Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumors in women of childbearing age. Fibroids are made of muscle ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/uterinefibroids.html - Health Topics
  2. Uterine Fibroid Treatment Video (American College of Radiology) (Radiological Society of North America)  
    ... Care Screening Diseases and Conditions Safety En Español Uterine Fibroid Treatment This article will discuss uterine fibroid embolization ( ... the limitations of Uterine Fibroids Treatment? What is Uterine Fibroid Treatment? Uterine fibroids are abnormal, benign growths in ...
    https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info/uterine-fibroid-treatment - Videos
  3. Uterine fibroids 
    Uterine fibroids are tumors that grow in a woman's womb (uterus). These growths are typically not cancerous (benign), ... Uterine fibroids are common. As many as one in five women may have fibroids during their childbearing years. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000914.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Living with uterine fibroids 
    Uterine fibroids are tumors that grow in a woman's womb (uterus). These growths are not cancerous. No one ... may have seen your health care provider for uterine fibroids. They can cause: Heavy menstrual bleeding and long ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000715.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Uterine artery embolization 
    ... is a procedure to treat fibroids without surgery. Uterine fibroids are noncancerous (benign) tumors that develop in the ... UAE is less invasive than surgical treatments for uterine fibroids. Many women may return more quickly to activities ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007384.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Uterine artery embolization - discharge 
    ... artery embolization (UAE) is a procedure to treat uterine fibroids without surgery. Uterine fibroids are noncancerous (benign) tumors ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000161.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Uterine Fibroids Fact Sheet (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)  
    Uterine Fibroids/Start Here ... Uterine Fibroids ... Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health
    https://www.womenshealth.gov/a-z-topics/uterine-fibroids - External Health Links
  8. Uterine Fibroids (Food and Drug Administration)  
    FDA information for women on uterine fibroids
    https://www.fda.gov/consumers/womens-health-topics/uterine-fibroids - External Health Links
  9. About Uterine Fibroids From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    Uterine fibroids are growths made of smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts, and other material that grow in or on ...
    https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/uterine/conditioninfo - External Health Links
  10. How Are Uterine Fibroids Diagnosed? From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    ... it’s likely she does not know she has uterine fibroids. In some cases, though, health care providers find ...
    https://www.nichd.nih.gov/.../uterine/conditioninfo/how-diagnosed - External Health Links
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