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While doctors can\u2019t pinpoint the exact root cause, the below factors may affect a woman\u2019s risk for developing fibroids\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffd<\/span><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf38Age (most common in women of 30 \u2013 40 years old)\u2063<\/span><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf38Family history of fibroids\u2063<\/span><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf38Race (being of African descent)\u2063<\/span><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf38A diet high in red meat\u2063<\/span><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf38Vitamin D deficiency\u2063<\/span><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf38Obesity\u2063<\/span><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf38No history of pregnancy\u2063<\/span><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf38Early onset menstruation\u2063<\/span><\/p>\n If you\u2019ve been diagnosed with fibroids and would like to learn more about permanent, non-invasive UFE treatment, please visit our website www.fibroids.co.za or send us a message online \ud83d\udc90<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While doctors can\u2019t pinpoint the exact root cause, the below factors may affect a woman\u2019s risk for developing fibroids\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffd \ud83c\udf38Age (most common in women of 30 \u2013 40 years old)\u2063 \ud83c\udf38Family history of fibroids\u2063 \ud83c\udf38Race (being of African descent)\u2063 \ud83c\udf38A diet high in red meat\u2063 \ud83c\udf38Vitamin D deficiency\u2063 \ud83c\udf38Obesity\u2063 \ud83c\udf38No history of pregnancy\u2063 \ud83c\udf38Early onset […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7,26],"tags":[12,22,46,41,14,13,21,20,47,15,18,16,42,17],"class_list":["post-1988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fibroids-treatment","category-fibroids","category-women-in-white","tag-adenomyosis","tag-africanwomen","tag-cape-town","tag-east-london","tag-fibroids-treatment","tag-fibroids","tag-fibroidssouthafrica","tag-fibroidtreatmentclinic","tag-johannesburg","tag-microsurgery","tag-noninvasivesurgery","tag-ufe","tag-umhlanga","tag-unitingagainstfibroids"],"yoast_head":"\n