Women’s Health: Support for Women with Uterine Fibroids
The incidence of fibroids in women has risen exponentially in the last 20 years. Approximately 80 percent of women will develop at least one uterine fibroid at some point in their lives. Some women are never made aware that they have a fibroid, and because of its relatively small size, never have symptoms. Other women are faced with heavy menstrual bleeding, prolonged periods, severe cramping, bladder problems, low back pain, and may even be prevented from carrying a pregnancy to full term. The average fibroid size is somewhere between a walnut and a lacrosse ball. The overall consensus in the medical and alternative healthcare fields is that the causation of fibroids is related to hormone imbalance in the body. Specifically, the most commonly accepted hormone imbalances that may cause uterine fibroids are estrogen and progesterone. Since, the endocrine system is interconnected with many different organs and glands, it is not far-fetched to assume the possibility that imbalances in