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Heavy menstrual bleeding
Heavy vaginal bleeding is a symptom in which a woman's vaginal bleeding is more than the amount of bleeding she has during the heavier-flow days of her normal periods.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 40-year old asked:
Natural ways to reduce heavy menstrual bleeding?
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A 37-year old asked:
Can you recommend anything for heavy menstrual bleeding?
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A 45-year old asked:
Can you suggest any alternatives for heavy menstrual bleeding?
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A 33-year old asked:
Why do I get heavy menstrual bleeding overnight but not during the day?
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A 42-year old asked:
Heavy menstrual bleeding common after delivery?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Can B12 injections cause irregular heavy menstrual bleeding?
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A member asked:
I found out today that my hemoglobin count is 7.9, likely due to heavy menstrual bleeding. How would you treat this?
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A female asked:
I am only sixteen years of age and I have ha abnormally heavy menstrual bleeding for about seven hours now. I am very worried, should I go to the ER?
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A 32-year old asked:
Will taking a bath in vinegar stop heavy menstrual bleeding?
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A 33-year old asked:
Is there any connection between heavy menstrual bleeding and cramps?
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A 36-year old asked:
I have had heavy menstrual bleeding, been to a doctor (nothing wrong). What should I do next?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I'm having heavy menstrual bleeding with large blood cloths. What should I do , I feel a little anaemic?
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A 40-year old asked:
Does having heavy menstrual bleeding make me more likely to have a brain bleed?
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A 48-year old asked:
What can I do to help heavy menstrual bleeding and bad cramps besides birthcontrol?
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A 48-year old asked:
Can birth control pills stop heavy menstrual bleeding?
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A 36-year old asked:
Is progestin for 10 days a month or the mirena (levonorgestrel) IUD better for heavy menstrual bleeding?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Heavy menstrual bleeding irrigular for over two years, high wbc, I am not anemic. I do not have endo. What is wrong with me?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Heavy menstrual bleeding and cramps a week after period finishes./i'm 22yrs old and a virgin/this never happened before, why is it happening?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Heavy menstrual bleeding and painful cramps should I go to work or stay home? Afraid I will have an accident at work and no change of clothes
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A 29-year old female asked:
Heavy menstrual bleeding for 3 weeks. Felt anemic. Took iron supplement 52 mg iron/1040 mg s cerevisiae. Is that too much?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Should I go to the hospital if I have heavy menstrual bleeding for the past 9 days? This morning I felt weak and lightheaded
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A 22-year old male asked:
Tranexamic acid (1000 mg) prescribed for heavy menstrual bleeding. Is this safe to take 24 hours prior to traveling on a 19 hour flight? Also on HRT!
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A 51-year old female asked:
If I am on methotrexate injections for sclerosis and I have heavy menstrual bleeding do I need to get blood work done to make sure not anemic ?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Causes of random scattered petechaie on chest and legs (only 7 or 8 in total that go away and return) and heavy menstrual bleeding with a normal CBC?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Had d and c for heavy menstrual bleeding. Got first period after 4 weeks but haven't got second. Did 3 pregnancy tests, all negative on days 24 26 32?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Extremely heavy menstrual bleeding for over 2 weeks, clots larger than a baseball, extreme pelvic pain, feeling weak. ED visit? severe pain & bleeding
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A 33-year old female asked:
Is it safe to take acetaminophen for pain while taking Norethindrone for heavy menstrual bleeding?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Heavy menstrual bleeding, 2 months postpartum filling a pad within an hour and feeling very weak, should I take iron pills?
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A 30-year old female asked:
What are the causes of heavy menstrual bleeding? Symptoms No cramps Lumpy clots and combination of very light blood Need to change sanitary towels every hour Particularly heavy from the morning to the afternoon Feeling tired and have no energy
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A 30-year old female asked:
Heavy menstrual bleeding, low back pain and groin. No appendix issue n IUD -ok.Pain med does nothing but make me nauseated. What tests should i ask 4?
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