Fibroids have a genetic tendency and are more common in women who have never been pregnant, have dark skin, or are Jewish. The growth of these usually harmless tumors has been shwon to be influenced by estrogen. This explains why they appear after the first menstruation, usually disappear after menopause, and usually increase in size during the first trimester of pregnancy. Fibroids rarely grow singly and are usually fairly small but the largest reported fibroid weighed more than 100 pounds. Symptoms Symptoms of fibroids vary depending on location, size, and complecations.
Most fibroids stay small and cause no problems at all.
They are only discovered during routine medical examinations. Pain, infertility or repeated miscarriage, back pain, and urinary problems can all be attributed to fibroids - especially if they are large or numerous. There is a lot of inaccurate information concerning this problem. Frequency and type of sexual intercourse, trauma, and accident have nothing at all to do with the development of these growths. In fact, there are no confirmed causes, only theories.