Fibroids are benign tumors that come in different sizes and can be found in different locations in the uterus. Fibroids may or may not show signs and symptoms thereby most of the time it is left undetected and unattended. It is only when its respective signs and symptoms worsen that a visit to one’s medical health practitioner is done by most of the affected women.

Fibroids are generally classified and named according to its location in the uterus. Subserosal Fibroids are those fibroids whose growths are perceived on the surface of the uterus. On the other hand, Intramural Fibroids are those that grow in the most muscular parts of the uterine wall. And Submucosal Fibroids are those that grow in the uterine cavity.

These fibroids differ in sizes as well. There are those small fibroids that cause no health problems thereby left unnoticed and needs not to be treated. In the meantime, there are those big fibroids that would cause the signs and symptoms that may prompt an individual to subject oneself to treatment and medical management by his/her medical health practitioner.

So to answer the question if small fibroids hurt, the answer is NO. Pain is one of the many signs and symptoms that an affected individual may experience. But pain can only become apparent if the fibroids have already grown so big that it already puts pressure on other bodily organs and structures.

Pain can be experienced in the different sites of the body – at the lower back, the lower abdomen, and the pelvis. Pain is due to the compression of the big and still growing fibroids. This compression does not only bring about pain but also other health problems such as frequent urination, urinary urgency, or the inability to urinate if it is the urinary bladder that is being placed with great pressure. Constipation, on the other hand, may also result from the pressure to the rectum.

Because pain is brought about by the pressure from the big and still growing fibroids in the uterus, it is therefore a must to know why these fibroids grow bigger and what its cause is. This is essential so as to avoid further enlargement of the fibroids in the uterus, thereby curtailing the discomforts brought about by pain due to the fibroids.

Estrogen is a hormone produced by the pituitary gland, a pea-sized endocrine gland. This hormone when present in high levels in the system may cause the fibroids to grow and enlarge. Estrogen levels may increase with respect to one’s weight. Obesity, one of the contributory factors of fibroids, increases the estrogen level to cater to the body’s needs, thereby feeding the fibroids allowing it to grow bigger. It is for this reason that medical health practitioners advise women to keep their ideal weight constant, starting from the age of 18.