Mar 7
Why are uterine tumors called fibroids? From the most jaded perspective, I feel like calling them something other than tumors is just another way to undercut women’s pain and problems and make people think it’s less serious than it really is. But maybe there’s a reason, maybe someone can tell me why they’re named differently and can provide me other medical equivalents.
But I’ve told a few different men that I had either fibroids or that I had benign tumors on my uterus, and the response is wildly different.
They’re the same thing.
Why is this?
