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Can children get uterine fibroids?

Donna Hill Howes, RN
Donna Hill Howes, RN
Family Practitioner
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Fibroids usually develop during childbearing years - that is, after you go through puberty and before you go through menopause - so children who have not yet gone through puberty don't develop fibroids. In fact, they're quite rare among women younger than 20 years old. Fibroids develop in cells of smooth muscle tissue (often in the uterus), and though the exact reason for their development is unknown, doctors think it may have something to do with the hormones and other chemicals in your body. Since young girls don't yet have adult levels of these hormones, they do not develop fibroids.

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