Fibroids are benign tumors that develop in or around the uterus during a woman’s childbearing years and they range in size from seedling to watermelon that enlarges and distorts the uterus.
Before the age of 35, 23% of women in Africa would be diagnosed with fibroid, and after 35, the number rises to 50%, by the age of 50, the percentage rises to a staggering 80%. This is a shocking statistics for a country where there is not enough sensitization on the topic of Fibroid.