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What can cause a heavy menstral period?

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Many things see your: Gyn for a workup, could be hromones not working right, blood clotting abnormalities, fibroids, adenomyosis of the uterus, endometrial hyperplasia or rarely at your age cancer, so you need blood work , cultures nad an ultrasound and then yoiur gyn can prescibe the proper treatment.

Answered 10/28/2012

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