Menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding)

At some time in your reproductive life, you’ve probably experienced heavy bleeding during your menstrual period. If you’re like some women, you have heavy periods almost every cycle. Menorrhagia is the medical term for excessive or prolonged menstrual bleeding — and for periods that are both heavy and prolonged. The condition is also known as hypermenorrhea.
What causes DUB?
In most cases, women who have DUB do not ovulate (release an egg from their ovaries) during their menstrual cycle. This causes a hormone imbalance where the estrogen in your body makes your endometrium (the lining of your uterus) grow until it gets too thick. When your body gets rid of this lining during your period, the bleeding will be very heavy.

Latrogenic Causes. Any medication that crosses the blood-brain barrier can disrupt the menstrual cycle.

Chronic Diseases. Any chronic disease, especially renal failure, cancer, or diabetes, can affect the HPA, causing anovulatory menstrual periods and subsequent menorrhagia.

Uterine Fibroids. These noncancerous (benign) tumors of the uterus appear during your childbearing years. Uterine fibroids may cause heavier than normal or prolonged menstrual bleeding.

Pregnancy Complications. A single, heavy, late period may be due to a miscarriage. If bleeding occurs at the usual time of menstruation, however, miscarriage is unlikely to be the cause.

High Levels Of Endothelins (chemical substances which help the blood vessels in the body dilate)

Complications

Aside from the social distress of dealing with a prolonged and heavy period, over time the blood loss may prove to be greater than the body iron reserves or the rate of blood replenishment, leading to anemia. Symptoms attributable to the anemia may include tiredness, weakness, tingling and numbness in fingers and toes, headaches, depression, becoming cold more easily, and poor concentration.

Severe Pain. Heavy menstrual bleeding often is accompanied by menstrual cramps (dysmenorrhea). Sometimes the cramps associated with menorrhagia are severe enough to require prescription medication or a surgical procedure.

Complications of Menorrhagia are secondary conditions, symptoms, or other disorders that are caused by Menorrhagia. In many cases the distinction between symptoms of Menorrhagia and complications of Menorrhagia is unclear or arbitrary.

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