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Menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding)
Symptoms
- Menstrual cycle: What's normal, what's not Menstrual cycle — Find out how to identify problems with your menstrual cycle.
- Symptom Checker Use this Symptom Checker to pinpoint possible causes of your medical symptoms.
Tests and diagnosis
- Pap smear Pap smear — Overview covers risks, results of this cervical cancer detection procedure.
- Ultrasound Ultrasound — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this procedure.
Causes
- Endometriosis Endometriosis — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes and treatment of this common women's condition.
- Uterine polyps Uterine polyps — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, diagnosis, treatment of these uterine growths.
- Adenomyosis Adenomyosis — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes and treatment for this uterine condition.
- Uterine fibroids Uterine fibroids — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of these noncancerous uterine tumors.
- Hashimoto's disease Hashimoto's disease — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this cause of thyroid gland inflammation.
Treatments and drugs
- Abdominal hysterectomy Abdominal hysterectomy — Surgery that removes the uterus and treats gynecologic conditions, such as uterine cancer.
- Vaginal hysterectomy Vaginal hysterectomy removes the uterus through the vagina to treat gynecologic conditions.
- Endometrial ablation Endometrial ablation — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this procedure to treat uterine conditions.
- Mirena (hormonal IUD) Mirena (hormonal IUD) — Overview covers definition, risks, instructions for using this type of contraception.
- Dilation and curettage (D&C) Dilation and curettage (D&C) — Overview covers risks, results of this uterine procedure.
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