Dealing with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding - Informational Health Blog

It?s not labor pains ? it?s menstrual pain.

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There are women who after years of having what?s considered ?normal? periods, start experiencing unmanageable, heavy bleeding periods. These types of periods are called Menorrhagia.

With Menorrhagia, women usually lose more than 8 teaspoons of blood. Large blood clots are passed frequently. It?s also common to feel the urge to change sanitary pads throughout the night.

A heavy period is at its worst when it causes anemia. This can lead to fatigue, shortness of breath, fainting, and possibly angina.

Keep in mind that periods vary from woman to woman in terms of duration, discomfort and the amount of blood loss.

There are a number of possibilities behind a woman experiencing heavy bleeding during a period. Those possibilities are as follows:

• Hormonal Imbalance: During the course of the menstrual cycle, hormones rise and fall regularly. Sometimes around the time of perimenopause, these hormonal fluctuations get out of control, resulting in heavier periods. Hormonal imbalances related to thyroid disease can also cause this menstrual catastrophe.

• Uterine fibroids: These are benign tumors that form in the uterus during a woman?s childbearing years. They frequently cause heavy bleeding, longer periods or both.

• Polyps: Like uterine fibroids, polyps are benign; only they?re smaller in size.

• Dysfunction of the ovaries: Ovaries that don?t ovulate properly can lead to Menorrhagia.

• IUD (Intrauterine device): IUD is a form of birth control. While it solves the problem of getting pregnant, it creates another one: it causes heavy menstrual bleeding.

• Certain medications: Anti-inflammatory drugs and anticoagulants may lead to a woman experiencing a heavy menstrual period.

• Cancer: Uterine, cervical or ovarian cancer can sometimes be the reason for heavy bleeding.

Other medical conditions such as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID), thyroid problems, Endometriosis, liver or kidney diseases can also cause heavy periods.

Sometimes the cause of heavy periods is unknown.

Unless there is a serious health, heavy periods can be resolved. It?s just important that you see your doctor for the correct solution.

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