 Hi everyone, this is Dr. Shefaliqa, gyneclatoscopic surgeon from Manipal Hospital, Yashwanpur. Today I am going to give you a brief about the fibroids. I have seen many times ladies coming in with so much of anxiety and fear the moment they are diagnosed with fibroids in the scan. Let me tell you one thing, fibroids are very very common. They are as common as almost 20 to 30 percent. If you scan about 100 women, 20 to 30 women may have fibroids. But all fibroids need not cause problems to all women. So only if you are suffering from heavy menstrual flow, prolonged flow or severe pain during the cycles, you need to worry about these fibroids. And all fibroids need not be operated. The moment they see fibroid, the first thing that comes to their mind is surgery. Let me tell you, majority of the fibroids are asymptomatic. That is, they don't trouble the patient at all. If they don't trouble the patient, they don't require any treatment. But only if they are troubling the patient in terms of menstrual complaints or if the patient is planning for a pregnancy, then if they are coming in the way of pregnancy or conception, they need to be tacked. There are various medications or injections or even non-surgical methods to treat the fibroids. So there's no need to worry about these fibroids. They have a lot of options you can reach out to us to help you.