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Heavy Periods
You don’t have to suffer from heavy periods. Our Austin obgyn practice is here to help
Patients often come to Women Partners in Health and ask, “Why is my period so heavy?” There are many things that can cause heavy periods. Luckily, there are also many ways that our Austin obgyn practice can help make that time of the month a little more bearable and a little less heavy.
There are many things that can cause heavy periods, or menorrhagia
Our Austin obgyn practice considers a period heavy if a patient is soaking a pad or tampon every hour …show more content…
There are a number of causes of heavy periods, but here are some of the most common ones.
• A hormonal imbalance can be responsible for a heavy flow. This is relatively common among teen girls who have just started their periods and women who are getting closer to menopause. It can appear in women suffering from problems with ovarian function.
• Fibroids could be making that time of the month heavier than it should be. This noncancerous uterine tumor typically appear in a woman of childbearing age.
• Miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies can cause heavy menstrual bleeding.
• Adenomyosis can cause heavy periods in middle-aged women who have given birth. This condition occurs when the glands from the uterine lining imbed in the uterine wall.
• Pelvic inflammatory disease, PID, is an infection of the female reproductive organs, which can also be responsible for a heavy menstrual flow.
Heavy periods can be a pain, but there are effective treatment options