Menorrhagia

Menorrhagia: Introduction

Menorrhagia: Excessive or prolonged blood loss during menstruation. See free access online books about Menorrhagia below. See detailed information below for a list of 90 causes of Menorrhagia, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Menorrhagia:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Menorrhagia. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Fibroids
• Polyps
• Adenomyosis
• Endometriosis
• Malignancy
• Cervical cancer
• Endometrial cancer
• Ovarian cancer
• Chronic pelvic infection (see Pelvic symptoms)
• Hyperthyroidism
• Von Willebrand's disease
• Haemophilia
• Anticoagulant medication
• Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
• Puberty
• Menopause
• Hyperthyrodism
• Hypothyroidism
• Fibromyomas
• Salpingo-oophoritis
• Adenomyoma
• Tuberculous endometertis
• Intrauteine contraceptive device
• Influenza
• Typhoid
• Cholera
• Scarlatina
• Variola
• Malaria
• Diphtheria
• more causes...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Menstrual irregularities (368 causes)
• Female sexual symptoms (454 causes)
• Sexual symptoms (1575 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Menorrhagia

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Menorrhagia:

• Menstrual symptoms (368 causes)
• Menstrual pain (24 causes)
• Vaginal bleeding (131 causes)
• Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
• Endometriosis
• Fibroids
• Clotting disoders
• Bleeding disoders
• Von Willebrand disease
• Dysmenorrhea (56 causes)
• Warfarin
• Adenomysosis
• Endometrial carcinoma
• Endometrial polyp
• Pelvic inflammatory disease (21 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Diagnostic Guides for Menorrhagia

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Menorrhagia from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Menorrhagia. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Menorrhagia

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Menorrhagia: Medical Mistakes

• Women's Health Mistakes:
  • Womens Health -- Health Mistakes
  • Contraception -- Health Mistakes
  • Fertility -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Menorrhagia: Undiagnosed Conditions

Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:

• Women's Reproductive Health: diseases that are commonly undiagnosed:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • PCOS -- Undiagnosed
  • Chlamydia -- Undiagnosed
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cervical Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Breast Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Hospitals & Clinics: Menorrhagia

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• Womens Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
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Menorrhagia: Research Related Doctors & Specialists

• Pregnancy & Fertility Health Specialists:
  • Maternal & Fetal Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Womens Health Specialists:
  • Gynecological Oncology
• more specialists...»

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Misdiagnosis and Menorrhagia

Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common in women, but often fails to be correctly diagnosed. Women with the condition tend to have heavy periods...read more »

Rare type of breast cancer without a lump: There is a less common form of breast cancer called inflammatory breast cancer. Its symptoms can be an inflammation of the breast tissue, such...read more »

Female athlete syndrome leads to undiagnosed osteoporosis: Younger women are not usually considered as candidates for diagnosis of osteoporosis. However, a pattern of three...read more »

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Menorrhagia: Related Rare Diseases

Rare types of medical conditions and diseases in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health -- rare types of diseases:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • PCOS -- Rare Types
  • Chlamydia -- Rare Types
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cervical Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Breast Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Rare Types
  • more ...»
• more rare diseases...»

Home Diagnostic Testing and Menorrhagia

Home medical tests possibly related to Menorrhagia:

• Pregnancy -- Related Home Testing:
  • Home Pregnancy Tests
  • Home Early Pregnancy Tests
  • Home Ovulation Tests
  • Home Fertility Tests
  • Home Rhesus/RH Blood Type Tests
  • Home Fetal Tests
• Menopause: Related Home Testing:
  • Home Menopause Tests
  • Home FSH Hormone Tests
  • Home Osteoporosis Testing
• Vaginal Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Vaginal Infection Tests
  • Home Vaginal PH Tests
  • Home Yeast Infection Tests
  • Home Candida Kits
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Test Kits
  • Home Bladder Test Kits
• Breast Cancer: Related Home Tests:
  • Home Breast Cancer Test Kits
  • Home Breast Lump Detection
• more tests...»

Stories from Users for Menorrhagia

Real-life user stories relating to Menorrhagia:

• heavy period, then super-light?
• Help very heavy painful periods
• please help, heavy spotting between periods
• Heavy Periods
• Heavy period for four months straight!

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Causes of Menorrhagia listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Menorrhagia as a symptom include:

• Adenomyosis
• Anemia
• Anovulatory cycles
• Bleeding tendency
• Cervical cancer
• Cervical ectropion
• Cervical polyp
• Dicoumarol
• Endometrial cancer
• Endometrial hyperplasia
• Endometriosis
• Fibromyoma, uterine
• Hyperoestrogenic states
• Hyperthyroidism
• more causes...»

See full list of 90 causes of Menorrhagia
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Definitions of Menorrhagia:

Excessive menstrual flow.
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Detailed list of causes of Menorrhagia

The list below shows some of the causes of Menorrhagia mentioned in various sources:

• Adenomyoma
• Adenomyosis
• Anemia
• Anovulation - see also underlying causes of anovulation
• Anovulatory cycles
• Anticoagulant medication
• Arteriosclerosis
• Bicycling
• more causes...»

See full list of 90 causes of Menorrhagia

How Common are these Causes of Menorrhagia?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Menorrhagia. Of the 90 causes of Menorrhagia that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 3 causes are "very common" diseases
• 5 causes are "common" diseases
• 1 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 11 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 75 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 90 causes of Menorrhagia

Conditions listing symptoms: Menorrhagia:

The following list of conditions have 'Menorrhagia' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Causes of Menorrhagia Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Menorrhagia based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient: