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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
14 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 42-year old asked:
Heavy menstrual bleeding common after delivery?
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A 51-year old female asked:
How long do you wait before calling dr for heavy menstrual bleeding?
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Will taking a bath in vinegar stop heavy menstrual bleeding?
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A 47-year old asked:
Is there a connection between heavy menstrual bleeding and anemia?
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A 33-year old asked:
Is there any connection between heavy menstrual bleeding and cramps?
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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:
Can birth control pills stop heavy menstrual bleeding?
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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 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 21-year old male asked:
How long can sperm survive during a menstrual period? Heavy bleeding
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A 25-year old asked:
What could severe lower Abdominal and lower back pain with extreme mood changes and heavy bleeding during menstrual cycle be?
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A 22-year old asked:
had menstrual 12-21-11, now 1-14-12 having menstrual earlier, im usually regular-heavy bleeding, now it is light where i see it only when urinate....?
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A 24-year old asked:
what to do about excessive bleeding during menstrual cycle? i soak through heavy and even overnight pads
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A 40-year old female asked:
Can failing to ovulate cause heavy and long, 5 days of bleeding and upto 4-5 days of bloody vaginal discharge, but regular menstrual cycles? No intermenstrual bleeding.
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A 26-year old female asked:
My last mens started on 27.04. I have intercourse on 4.05 i took norlevo after 12 hrs. I started to bleed heavy on 10.05. ls this menstrual bleeding?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I normally have a heavy menstrual and normally last seven days but from march 2 to the 6th i had a very light flow or i was not bleeding at all or i w?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Hormone therapy for heavy bleeding- will i be likely to gain weight if I try to reduce menstrual bleeding through hormone therapy?
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A 33-year old asked:
After fertilization can heavy bleeding occur, similar to a menstrual cycle?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Painful, heavy and clotting menstrual cycle for 2-3 days, then spot for a week with every cycle. Excruciating pain after intercourse and bleeding?
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A 22-year old female asked:
What can I do about my heavy menstrual cycle? I am 22 years old and having serious problems. My period is terrible. Since November 8, 2011 I have been bleeding on and off. I can tell when it is my "actual period" because it is MUCH heavier than the oth
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A 30-year old female asked:
I have been having severe cramps (which i never have) and very very heavy bleeding. My last menstrual cycle was 2 weeks ago. What could be causing?
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A 59-year old male asked:
What would cause a menstrual cycle to last two months and counting with heavy bleeding and clotting? I have two children with a (miscarage in between I had to have a dnc ) and it had been 8 moths since I had a cycle before this one
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A 19-year old female asked:
I have an irregular menstrual periods but when I have my menstruation I have a heavy bleeding and it last for almost 10 days.is this abnormal?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I missed my expected period by a week,pregnancy tests are negative & my menstrual period are regular.I started bleeding heavy can I still be pregnant?
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A 52-year old female asked:
Second month on HRT and I am getting heavy bleeding and painful menstrual cramps. Is this normal? I used to get bad periods before menopause started.
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A 31-year old female asked:
I got my menstrual may 27 and it was normal then i started to bleed brown until now now i got my menstral again with cramps n all but bot heavy?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I'm in the middle of my menstrual cycle and I started to bleed. At first it was light and dark brown then the second day it got heavier and I started ?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Ive always had a regular menstrual cycle and now 12 days late. I have started to bleed bright red but not so heavy what could it be? Pregnant maybe?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I use 2 have a menstrual period that last max 4 days heavy flow. Now i spot couple weeks then heavy bleed a week... should i b concerned?
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