Dilation and curettage is a procedure performed on the uterus to stop heavy vaginal bleeding. It is commonly referred to as a D&C or a “scraping”. It is a procedure most commonly performed on women with severe bleeding in which the bleeding has to be dealt...
The goal of heavybleedinghelp.com has always been to provide expert information about heavy bleeding for our readers. We realize that our information has many uses for our readers. Some are doing research for their own problem with heavy periods. Some are interested...
Advertisements One of the biggest fears of many women with heavy bleeding is the fear of needing a hysterectomy. This fear often hinders many from seeking the care that they need. In order to avoid hysterectomy, they endure all the terrible symptoms of their...
Advertisement The endometrial biopsy is an important tool used by your doctor to diagnose the cause of your heavy menstrual bleeding problem. The biopsy is a short in office procedure in which a small sample of the lining on the inside of the uterus ( called the...
A recent e-mail from one of our readers spoke of a dilemma. For a long time she has had problems with heavy vagina bleeding. Like most women with this problem, her daily life was affected tremendously. She sought help and her medical provider treated her with birth...
It’s true. I admit it. We do speak a different language. I remember back in my early days of my medical school training. We would have to sit down and memorize pages and pages of Latin sounding medical terms and their definitions. We would be tested on these...
Your decision to make a doctors appointment for evaluation of your heavy vagina bleeding is a great achievement. It will put you on the path of discovering the cause of your bleeding problem, and put you one step closer to finding an adequate treatment. As the day...
There was an interesting article recently which was a summary of a study of 1000 women in the UK with heavy bleeding. The main finding was that the majority a study participants described their periods as being greatly disruptive to their life. Not a unexpected...
This is part 4 of the series “Why Am I Bleeding So Heavy”. You can follow these links to the previous articles: The 4 Causes of Heavy Bleeding You Should Know About Part 1 Hormone Imbalance Part 2 Abnormal Growths in the Uterus Part 3 Adenomyosis ...
This is part three in a series on the causes of heavy menstrual bleeding. You can find Part 1 and Part 2 here. In the previous post we described the uterus as having 2 main layers. The first is the muscular layer called the myometrium. The...
