Having
a period lasting more than 7 days is not considered to be normal. The
typical length for menstruation is 3-5 days of the 28-day menstrual
cycle. Your excessive menstrual bleeding is generally not good for the
health. You have a condition called menorrhagia. If you are a young
woman or a women in her late 40's approaching menopause, such heavy
bleeding is most often due to a temporary hormone imbalance, which
eventually corrects itself. There are numerous causes of menorrhagia.
Without the ability to examine you and ask you more in details about the
condition, it is not possible to pinpoint a specific cause of your
menorrhagia. Therefore, I will propose several common sources of a
heavy bleeding. An early pregnancy loss can be one possibility.
Another possibility is the intake of certain drugs such as steroids and
blood thinners (i.e, aspirin) during period. If your menorrhagia is
recurrent, it can be a serious medical condition. To name several
common causes, a blood clotting disorder, endometriosis, uterine
fibroids or polyps, pelvic inflammatory disease, polycystic ovary
syndrome, thyroid and pituitary disorders, and dysfunctional uterine
bleeding, which is a heavy bleeding with unknown reason, may contribute
to your condition. I suggest that you see a primary care doctor or
gynocologist to get your heavy bleeding under control as well as to
determine the underlying cause of your menorrhagia that may or may not
indicate a serious medical condition.
Menorrhagia is the medical term for menstrual periods with abnormally
heavy or prolonged bleeding. Although heavy menstrual bleeding is a
common concern among premenopausal women, most women don't experience
blood loss severe enough to be defined as menorrhagia.
With menorrhagia, every period you have causes enough blood loss and
cramping that you can't maintain your usual activities. If you have
menstrual bleeding so heavy that you dread your period,
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