A good definition of uterine fibroids, who gets them, and why most are harmless.
Fibroids are quite harmless.
They can be miserable to have, but they usually don't pose any danger to your gynecological health. A hysterectomy is currently the treatment recommended for most women with fibroids. In fact, fibroid tumors are the most common reason for hysterectomies in the United States, accounting for 30 percent of all hysterectomies performed in the country, about 200,000 hysterectomies per year. Although there are some fibroid cases that do warrant a hysterectomy, with current technology many women with fibroids can avoid radical surgery. Studies estimate that 30 to 50 percent of all hysterectomies performed in general may have been clearly unnecessary, while another 10 to 20 percent may be avoided by using alternative approaches.