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<\/iframe><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vivaeve-content-block-content-button\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>\u201cSymptoms are ones women get used to dismissing,\u201d remarks Maria. \u201cWho hasn\u2019t heard a female friend say, \u2018I feel so bloated?\u2019 Heavy bleeding during periods is also something women live with, without ever knowing fibroids may be the cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>As common as the condition is \u2013 more than half the U.S. female population will develop it by the age of 50 \u2013 knowledge of fibroids and its symptoms continue to elude women.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>\u201cWomen are kind of almost programmed to think it\u2019s normal,\u201d says Nehal. \u201cIt\u2019s normal to have very heavy periods. It\u2019s normal to bleed 15 days out of the month. In reality, it\u2019s not so normal. Every woman is different of course, and every woman\u2019s flow is different, but there does come a point where it\u2019s not so normal and you should check and see what that cause is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>The most common symptoms of uterine fibroids include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Heavy, prolonged or painful periods with or without clotting<\/li><li>Pelvic pressure; distended and bloated abdomen<\/li><li>Moderate to severe menstrual cramps<\/li><li>Irregular monthly bleeding or spotting, bleeding between periods, unpredictable menstrual cycles<\/li><li>Pain during sex and loss of libido<\/li><li>Lower back pain and pain in the back of the legs<\/li><li>Anemia (low blood count) that can lead to a lack of energy and fatigue<\/li><li>Weak bladder control, frequent urination because of bladder pressure<\/li><li>Constipation<\/li><li>Infertility<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fibroid-treatment-options\">Fibroid Treatment Options<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The stigma connected with fibroids often leads women to go years before seeking a diagnosis or treatment. However, today fibroids have a very different prognosis than years past. While some women still opt to have a hysterectomy to rid their bodies of fibroids, VIVA EVE provides patients with all their options. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>\u201cI think what makes us different also is that we do really treat fibroids,\u201d says Nehal. \u201cWe don\u2019t say, \u2018hey if you come to us there\u2019s one way to do it.\u2019 There are a hundred ways to do it, and we will work with you to figure out what way is best for you, healthiest for you, and what you want.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Treatment options include a<a href=\"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/treatments\/hysterectomy\/\"> hysterectomy<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/treatments\/myomectomy-procedures\/\"> myomectomy<\/a>, and<a href=\"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/treatments\/uterine-fibroid-embolization\/\"> uterine fibroid embolization<\/a> \u2013 a minimally invasive procedure that shrinks fibroids without surgical intervention. It\u2019s this procedure that Nehal chose to undergo when she began experiencing symptoms from her fibroids. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what I would\u2019ve done if my only options were surgical,\u201d says Nehal. \u201cI don\u2019t know that I would\u2019ve treated it right away. Many women have told us that they\u2019ve had this for 10 years, and because the only option given to them was surgical, they have held off.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"vivaeve-call-to-action-block alignfull\" id=\"block-60c24268f43b1\">\n\n\t<div class=\"vivaeve-call-to-action-block-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"vivaeve-call-to-action-block-cards-container\">\t<div class=\"vivaeve-call-to-action-block-card\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"card-title\">Experience the New Standard for Women's Wellness<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vivaeve-call-to-action-block-card-button\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/book-now\/\" class=\"vivaeve-button\" target=\"\">Book Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIVA EVE Co-Founder and President Nehal Farouky Interviews with Bold TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"3439,5685,2883,4064,260,306","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,22,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-viva-eve-blog","category-ob-gyn","category-fibroids"],"featured_image":{"blog-river":{"src":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/gray-pairs-of-hands-scaled-e1623174373936-672x504.jpg","width":672,"height":504,"srcset":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/gray-pairs-of-hands-scaled-e1623174373936-672x504.jpg 672w, https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/gray-pairs-of-hands-scaled-e1623174373936-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/gray-pairs-of-hands-scaled-e1623174373936-470x354.jpg 470w","alt":"two hands intertwined"}},"the_categories":[{"id":31,"name":"Viva Eve Blog","slug":"viva-eve-blog","taxonomy":"category","link":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/blog\/category\/viva-eve-blog\/"},{"id":22,"name":"Ob\/Gyn","slug":"ob-gyn","taxonomy":"category","link":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/blog\/category\/ob-gyn\/"},{"id":25,"name":"Fibroids","slug":"fibroids","taxonomy":"category","link":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/blog\/category\/fibroids\/"}],"the_author":"Katherine Muniz","formatted_date":"May 21, 2021","acf":[],"estimated_read_time":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9215,"href":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/9215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivaevecom.kinsta.cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}