US EditionActress 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 15, 2025, actress Lupita Nyong'o shared on Instagram her decade-long battle with uterine fibroids and called for change.
- Nyong'o was diagnosed in 2014, the year she won an Academy Award, after which she had surgery to remove 30 non-cancerous tumors.
- She highlighted that fibroids are common yet rarely discussed, affecting 8 out of 10 Black women and causing symptoms like heavy bleeding and pain.
- Nyong'o urged rejecting normalized female pain and advocated for early education, better screening, more research, and less invasive treatments, stating, "We deserve better."
- She partnered with U.S. Congress members and launched a research grant to increase awareness and funding, aiming to improve life quality for millions living 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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Actress Lupita Nyong'o shared a moving and brave post on her Instagram account, reflecting on the medical condition she suffers from • "We are leaving girls and women in the dark, instead of providing real medical education"
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