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Treatments for heavy menstrual bleeding

BMJ, 2003
Guidelines improve prescribing practice but may not affect hysterectomy rates Heavy menstrual bleeding is a common cause of iron deficiency anaemia and may affect a woman's quality of life. Thirty per cent of women consider their menstruation to be excessive.w1 In more than half of women with menorrhagia no obvious cause for the bleeding is found ...
Anne, Lethaby, Cindy, Farquhar
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Pre-insertion uterine artery Doppler indices may predict intrauterine contraceptive device-related heavy menstrual bleeding

Middle East Fertility Society Journal, 2018
Objective: To test the hypothesis whether initial uterine artery pulsatility index (PI) and resistance index (RI) before insertion of copper-T 380 intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) could predict IUCD-related heavy menstrual bleeding or not ...
Mohamed Rezk, Osama Elkelani, Wael Gaber, Mohamed Shawky   +3 more
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Abnormal uterine bleeding in adolescence - three cases of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB)

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022
Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is profuse, acyclic bleeding from the genital tract, with or without clots, usually lasting more than 10 days. They are the most common cause of abnormal uterine bleeding in adolescence.
Dominika Zajdel, Paula Jankowska
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Clinically apparent depression in an adolescent with heavy menstrual bleeding: a case report

PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020
Heavy menstrual bleeding is a frequent occurrence among adolescent girls due to immaturity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. Attending physicians usually focus on defining the aetiology and managing the medical complications, neglecting the ...
Grant Murewanhema, Rukudzo Mwamuka-Tsungu, Simbarashe Madombi, Ndabaningi Simango, Munyaradzi Innocent Nyakanda, Mugove Gerald Madziyire   +5 more
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Menstrual bleeding patterns: A community-based cross-sectional study among women aged 18-45 years in Southern Brazil

BMC Women's Health, 2011
Background Population variation in the duration and amount of menstrual bleeding has received little attention in the literature. This study describes these characteristics and investigates the distribution of self-perceived amount of menstrual bleeding ...
Pereira Guilherme AR, Silva Alessandra B, Tuerlinckx Giovana C, Valle Neiva CJ, Minten Gicele C, Santos Iná S, Carriconde Joaquim F   +6 more
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Ormeloxifene in acute heavy menstrual bleeding in menopausal transition

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background: Ormeloxifene, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, is a safer, cost effective and convenient dosing medical therapy in heavy menstrual bleeding of acute abnormal uterine bleeding.
Subha Shrestha , Babita Thapa , Sebina Baniya , Vivek Pandey   +3 more
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Bleeding disorders in adolescents with heavy menstrual bleeding in a multicenter prospective US cohort

Haematologica, 2020
Heavy menstrual bleeding is common in adolescents. The frequency and predictors of bleeding disorders in adolescents, especially with anovulatory bleeding, are unknown.
Ayesha Zia, Shilpa Jain, Peter Kouides, Song Zhang, Ang Gao, Niavana Salas, May Lau, Ellen Wilson, Nicole DeSimone, Ravi Sarode   +9 more
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Development of a brief menstrual quality of life measure for women with heavy menstrual bleeding

BMC Women's Health, 2023
Background The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence advises that considerations around quality of life should be made when assessing and treating heavy menstrual bleeding.
Deborah Lancastle, Helena Kopp Kallner, Gabrielle Hale, Bethan Wood, Lauren Ashcroft, Holly Driscoll   +5 more
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Ambulatory Management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Women's Health, 2016
Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) has significant adverse effects on the quality of life of many women, placing an economic burden on both health services and society at large. Thus, it is essential that all women with HMB have easy access to the proper diagnostic and therapeutic work-up in an outpatient fashion, avoiding the more time-consuming ...
DI SPIEZIO SARDO, ATTILIO, SPINELLI, MARIALUIGIA, ZIZOLFI, BRUNELLA, NAPPI, CARMINE   +3 more
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Medical Management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Women's Health, 2016
Women with benign heavy menstrual bleeding have the choice of a number of medical treatment options to reduce their blood loss and improve quality of life. The role of the clinician is to provide information to facilitate women in making an appropriate choice.
Maybin, Jacqueline A, Critchley, Hilary OD   +1 more
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