The first fibroid education day aims to do this

MONTREAL, July 21. 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Experiencing 100 Mybroids has officially declared July 21 as Canada’s first Fibroid Awareness Day – a date aimed at better understanding and educating about uterine fibroids, which affect approximately 70% of women before age 50. years of age are affected and many of them suffer in silence.^I

“Since founding Living 100 Fibroids in 2016, my goal has been to build a community to support women living with uterine fibroids to ensure they have appropriate access to resources and treatment options,” says Aïssatou Sidibé, President of Living 100 Fibroids. When I was diagnosed in 2013, I waited too long to see a specialist and suffered from this condition alone – but my life improved dramatically as I made lifestyle changes to manage my anemia and that in 2018 I was… successfully operated.”

Uterine fibroids are benign tumors that can grow inside, outside, and on the wall of the uterus.ⁱⁱ Symptoms of uterine fibroids can include more intense, prolonged, or painful periods, abdominal pain, anemia, painful intercourse, frequent and unusual urges to urinate, infertility, or miscarriage.ⁱⁱⁱ Women of color are more likely to be diagnosed with uterine fibroids, with 25% of black women being diagnosed before the age of 25.^IV

“My journey with the disease has been quite intense and Live 100 fibroids was like family to me at a time when I was really hitting a wall, explains Nydia Laplante, entrepreneur and fitness step coach, who acquired a 16cm fibroid from a…