#hologicpartner 💙it's JULY and that means FIBROID "AWARENESS" MONTH--which MAY have you SMH if you have fibroids since you may ALREADY be CONSTANTLY "AWARE" OF THEM! (but then again, read/listen up, bc you may NOT be aware! and that's OK!) 🧿the uterus is MADE of muscle, and FIBROIDS are extra growths of muscle WITHIN the uterus (aka "TUMORS" BUT almost always BENIGN!) 💙FIBROIDS can be in 3 areas of the uterus--in the WALL, in the UTERINE LINING (where your period sheds from) or GROWING ON THE OUTSIDE 🧿the LOCATION MAY dictate WHICH symptoms you have: COMMON symptoms are pelvic pain, bloating, feeling a hard lump in your pelvis, heavy or persistent bleeding, pressure on your bladder/rectum BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT MAYBE: SOME PEOPLE HAVE ZERO SYMPTOMS!! 💙in FACT, while 70% of all uterus owners and 80% of black ones HAVE FIBROIDS (yup, that many of us!) MANY of us DO NOT KNOW IT bc we have NOT had symptoms that MAY HAVE LED us to have a pelvic ultrasound, CT or MRI--and THAT's OK--bc their PRESENCE is not of concern UNLESS you are having issues! 🧿treatments range from: —medications (oral contraception and other hormone meds to either help symptoms or even help shrink them) —surgery (LAPAROSCOPICALLY if they are on the OUTSIDE of the uterus and HYSTEROSCOPICALLY if they are INSIDE the lining), —HEAT to SHRINK the fibroids in a less invasive way than surgery (and more!) 💙go KNOWYOURU.com to learn more details (bc of COURSE there's even more!) 🧿BUT as always, @biglovefiercejuju will remind you to NOT BE SCARED, YOU NOW HAVE KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN HELP KEEP YOU SAFE AND CALM! #fibroidawarenessmonth #knowyouru #heyU #uterinefibroids #myomas #menorrhagia #gynecology #vaginalbleeding #pelvicpain #ad