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FIBROID/CYSTS TREATMENT  WHEN a 35-year old housewife walked into a clinic in Festac Town, Lagos recently, she was a bundle of worry. The mother of one beautiful daughter had a problem of secondary infertility. She and her spouse had been through thick and thin to resolve the problem without success. Apart from painful menstruation, she had symptoms of pregnancy – missed periods, swollen breasts and protruding stomach. The trip to yet another clinic was part of her search for solution. Following physical examination, the doctor recommended an abdominal scan. Only then was the cause of her woes unveiled. She had uterine fibroid. Her case was not unusual because fibroid is quite common. It is a condition that is bringing sorrow into the lives of many women and wrecking marriages. Even when surgery is recommended, pregnancy may not be guaranteed. Experts say surgery for fibroid could involve the removal of the patient’s womb. So, it was a call to arms when, in response to co