Unique risk factors, pain that’s ignored, and delayed treatment are all at play—but empathetic support is out there.
physically in many ways, but its possible connection to uterine fibroids is still unclear. There’s some speculation, but not enough strong evidence to confirm, that experiencing multiple and deeply stressful life events can potentially fuel fibroid growth.“There’s a number of us [researchers] interested in how the chronic stress of [Black people’s] everyday experiences” influence uterine health, Dr. Marsh says.
In her research, Dr. Marsh has found that many people have not been educated on what healthy menstruation looks and feels like. Instead, if their sisters, friends, or mother had painful, heavy, long-lasting“It is so common in our community to have fibroids and suffer,” Dr. Best says. “When you internally normalize something, you’re not going to necessarily bring it up to your physician.”
Dismantling the “strong Black woman” stereotype also requires more probing from doctors, according to, a gynecologist at Avant Gynecology in Atlanta. It’s not always enough to ask if a person’s period is normal. “When you start dialing down on what their symptoms are,” she tells SELF, “and they start really explaining things, it’s interesting how you can make someone realize that maybe [things are] not normal.
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