Heavy Menstrual Periods
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Heavy Menstrual Periods Incidence
Facts about heavy menstrual periods:
About 10 to 20 percent of women experience vaginal bleeding that meets the criteria for
excessive bleeding
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Heavy Menstrual Periods Symptoms
Related Topics:
Irregular menstrual periods
Irregular vaginal bleeding
Painful menstrual periods
Uterine fibroids
Vaginal bleeding after delivery
Vaginal bleeding after hysterectomy
Vaginal bleeding in pregnancy
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Heavy menstrual bleeding
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Last Updated: Apr 29, 2008
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Heavy Menstrual Periods References:
Protheroe J. Modern management of menorrhagia. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care. 2004 Apr;30(2):118-22.
Shankar M, Lee CA, Sabin CA, Economides DL, Kadir RA. von Willebrand disease in women with menorrhagia: a systematic review. BJOG. 2004 Jul;111(7):734-40.
Sowter MC, Singla AA, Lethaby A. Pre-operative endometrial thinning agents before hysteroscopic surgery for heavy menstrual bleeding. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000;(2):CD001124.
Stabinsky SA, Einstein M, Breen JL. Modern treatments of menorrhagia attributable to dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 1999 Jan;54(1):61-72.
