All women have at some point experienced heady bleeding during the menstruation period. It is good to know that bleeding that seems abnormal to us is not always so excessive in order to be diagnosed as menorrhagia.
Menorrhagia can be determined easily by two facts: how often do you change your pad or tampon and how long does your menstruation last. For example, if you need to change the tampon every hour or if your period last more than a full week, you may be experiencing menorrhagia and you should consult a doctor about it.
The heavy menstrual bleeding, or menorrhagia, may be caused by several reasons. The first of them is hormonal imbalance during the adolescence or the menopause. Menorrhagia, caused by hormonal imbalance, may be treated with birth control pills.
Heavy bleeding may be also caused by uterine fibroid tumors which usually occur at the age of thirty or forty. These tumors are not cancerous and can be treated surgically or with non-surgical methods. Usually, the uterine fibroid tumors disappear during the menopause.
Other reasons for excessive menstrual bleeding include different polyps, inflammatory diseases, bleeding disorders or cancer.
If you have such problem, you need to consult a medical specialist who will find the reason for the heavy bleeding and will determine a treatment.