S1 Ep2 Part 1 Uterine Fibroids...An Endemic Disease on Black and Brown Women!
Channel: Freedom To Know Wellness
Date: 2023-04-25

Part 2 Q & A https://youtu.be/J5u52-23zVM

Welcome to Freedom To Know Wellness podcast, Episode 2  Part 1 of "Uterine Fibroids: Endemic Disease on Women of Colour" with Dr. Nkem Kalu. Find the link above for Part 2 Q&A with Dr. Nkem Kalu. In this episode, we discuss Uterine Fibroids and their effects on women's health- especially in women of colour. There is a high racial disparity of fibroid cases in women of the African, South Asian and Latin American Diaspora women. 

Our guest speaker is a Uterine Fibroid warrior and advocate herself, Dr. Nkem Kalu. Nkem shares her personal experience, advocacy work and what she has learned with us at FTKW, including current and controversial medical practitioners' approaches to surgery, hysterectomies and conflicts in potential causes, including hair relaxers in black women. 

Watch/listen to get all the details and follow the Freedom To Know Wellness Blog for listing of resources discussed in this and future episodes in Season 1 Uterine Fibroid series.

FTKW RESOURCES: Season 1 Uterine Fibroid Series
https://open.substack.com/pub/freedomtoknowwellness/p/freedom-to-know-wellness-uterine?r=1h5wzp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Part 1: https://youtu.be/Fync2ldqHWc

Welcome back to Freedom to Know Wellness Part 2 Q&A with patient and advocate, Dr. Nkem Kalu. If you missed Part 1 of the full interview with Nkem, click the link above.
Just a reminder Dr. Nkem Kalu is not a medical doctor but her advocacy and lived experience will benefit our listeners both patient and medical alike. 

What's covered in this Q&A:
- Nkem's Pre & Post-Surgery Experience in Nigeria
- Managing Surgical Scarring (Keloids)
- Copper IUD conflicting with Uterine Fibroids
- Vitamin D used to prevent fibroids: True or False
- Relaxers causing Uterine Fibroids 
***Listen to the end of the podcast for details on why relaxers are considered a potential culprit in causing uterine fibroids.***

Go to the Freedom To Know Wellness blog to access all supporting medical links discussed in parts 1 and 2 of this interview. (Link below)

FTKW RESOURCES: Season 1 Uterine Fibroid Series
https://open.substack.com/pub/freedomtoknowwellness/p/freedom-to-know-wellness-uterine?r=1h5wzp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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