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Actress Opens up on Social Media After She Was Diagnosed with Uterine Fibroids
UNITED STATES, JUL 16 – Lupita Nyong'o shared her decade-long fibroid struggle to push for early education, better screening, and $150 million federal funding to aid 15 million Americans with fibroids.
- On July 16 in Nairobi, Kenya, Lupita Nyong’o revealed she underwent 30 surgeries after a decade-long battle with uterine fibroids, diagnosed in 2013.
- Despite general awareness, 70% to 80% of Black women develop uterine fibroid tumors by their late forties, according to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
- In a candid post, Lupita Nyong’o described `I was misdiagnosed for years, and my pain was minimized. I was labeled as the girl with bad periods,` explaining she required an open myomectomy after a transvaginal scan found six fibroids.
- In Congress, Yvette D. Clarke met with the Congressional Black Caucus to advocate for the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroids Research and Education Act, seeking $150 million over five years, CMS database expansion, and public education.
- Looking ahead, she outlined a vision in her post, calling for early education for teenagers, better screening protocols, robust prevention research, and less invasive treatments, supporting the 15 million Americans with fibroids.
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Actress opens up on social media after she was diagnosed with uterine fibroids
After spending more than a decade “suffering in silence,” Oscar winner, Lupita Nyong’o is talking candidly about her battle with uterine fibroids — a condition described as non-cancerous growths that develop in or around the uterus, according to a story on eonline.com
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