Silent Signal: Why Surging Fibroids Reveal a Dangerous Hormone Storm for Both Sexes

Over a quarter of a million women in the US are diagnosed with uterine fibroids annually. This is almost certainly a gross underestimate since a potentially large percentage of women who have them are never diagnosed with the condition. The symptoms they can produce, such as heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain, and frequent urination, are often not considered severe enough to seek medical attention or might even be considered “normal” because they’ve been present throughout the reproductive years.
In the conventional world uterine fibroids are typically treated in one of four ways: do nothing if asymptomatic, prescribe pain medications such as NSAIDs, prescribe estrogen-modifying medications, or remove them surgically. While medications or surgery might mitigate or even eliminate the symptoms fibroids can cause they don’t address the primary underlying cause of fibroid growth: excessive exposure to estrogen.