Who Is Likely To Get Fibroids?
Fibroids can occur in any woman of reproductive age. African American women are three times as likely as Caucasian women to have fibroids. It is not known how common fibroids are in women of other races and ethnic backgrounds.
Who Has The Risk Of Contacting Fibroids?
Fibroids are more common in women in childbearing age. The researches for finding more risk factors that can determine the cause of fibroids are still on. Some risk factors that have been assertive on the following factors:
Obesity could be one of the reason for development of fibroids.
Over weight is also seen as one of the contributing factors .
African American women are more vulnerable to fibroid development.
Women have not been pregnant till late age might also develop fibroids.
Frican American women are more prone to fibroid development at young age.
Risk Factors For Fibroids
What Increases Your Risk For Developing Fibroids?
Studies that evaluate risk factors; are very hard to do, so we don't really know how important these factors are.
If you have a mother or sister with fibroids, you have an increased risk.
IAfrican-American women have a higher risk than Caucasian women.
Using birth control pills does not appear to increase risk, except very rarely.
Pregnancy and childbirth decrease the risk.
Smoking decreases the risk (but, not a reason to smoke!)
Hormone therapy after menopause usually does not make fibroids grow.