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A normal menstrual cycle is 21–35 days in duration, with bleeding lasting an average of 5 days and total blood flow between 25 and 80 mL. Heavy menstrual bleeding is defined as total menstrual flow >80ml per cycle, soaking a pad/tampon at least every 2 hours, changing a pad/tampon in the middle of the night, or bleeding lasting for >7 days.
Polymenorrhea, also known as frequent periods, frequent menstruation, or frequent menstrual bleeding, is a menstrual disorder in which menstrual cycles are shorter than 21 days in length and hence where menstruation occurs more frequently than usual. [1] [2] [3] Cycles are regular and menstrual flow is normal in the condition. [3]
Menometrorrhagia, also known as heavy irregular menstrual bleeding, is a condition in which prolonged or excessive uterine bleeding occurs irregularly and more frequently than normal. It is thus a combination of metrorrhagia (intermenstrual bleeding) and menorrhagia (heavy/prolonged menstrual bleeding).
"Menopause is when you go 12 months consecutively without a period, which means without the use of medications, like birth control, that prevent your period from coming each month," Tang tells Yahoo.
Bleeding may occur frequently or infrequently, and can occur between periods, after sexual intercourse, and after menopause. Bleeding during pregnancy is excluded. [12] Hypomenorrhea is abnormally light menstrual bleeding. [13] Menorrhagia (meno = prolonged, rrhagia = excessive flow/discharge) is an abnormally heavy and prolonged menstrual ...
The author (not pictured) thought she was going through perimenopause. JulPo/Getty Images. My menstrual bleeding was abnormal, so I went to my doctor, thinking I was in perimenopause.
Polymenorrhagia, also known as frequent and heavy periods or frequent and heavy menstrual bleeding as well as epimenorrhagia or polyhypermenorrhea, is a menstrual disorder which refers to a combination of polymenorrhea (frequent menstrual bleeding) and menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding).
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