“Doctor, I’ve heard that if a woman keeps her virginity for too long, she’ll develop fibroids. Is that true?”

This is one of those myths that has been passed down for generations but is there any truth to it? Read!

Q: Good evening doc, my question goes like this: since a young lady that keeps her virginity long is likely to suffer from fibroid, what is your advice since such a young lady does not want to lose her virginity?

A: Fibroids are common in women of African origin, women who are aged between 30 to 50 years and women who have a family history of this. Women who have had children have a lower risk of developing fibroid. So, the converse side of this is that, if you have not had children, you are at a greater risk of having fibroids. Perhaps that’s where this virginity gist came from  Remember that not having children does not necessarily mean one is a virgin…

My advice? That’s pretty simple! Please keep your virginity for as long as possible as your virginity has nothing to do with having fibroids 

Remember that with this, you can prevent all the different Sexually Transmitted Infections milling around out there 

So, there you go.