Fact Friday: At what age can you get fibroids?

Uterine fibroids are no longer reserved for women over the age of 40. Fibroids can develop anytime throughout a woman’s childbearing years, being between 16 and 50, when oestrogen levels are at the highest in the body. However, the most common age for fibroid development is usually between the ages of 30 to 40.

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