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  2. Endometrial ablation - Wikipedia

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    Endometrial ablation is a surgical procedure that is used to remove or destroy the endometrial lining of the uterus. The goal of the procedure is to decrease the amount of blood loss during menstruation (periods). Endometrial ablation is most often employed in people with excessive menstrual bleeding following unsuccessful medical therapy. [1]

  3. Abnormal uterine bleeding - Wikipedia

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    The first step in work-up is to rule out a tumor or pregnancy. [5] [3] Medical imaging or hysteroscopy may help with the diagnosis. [2] Treatment depends on the underlying cause. [3] [2] Options may include hormonal birth control, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists, tranexamic acid, NSAIDs, and surgery such as endometrial ablation ...

  4. Heavy menstrual bleeding - Wikipedia

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    This has a number of causes: better medical management, endometrial ablation and particularly the introduction of IUS [71] [72] which may be inserted in the community and avoid the need for specialist referral; in one study up to 64% of women cancelled surgery. [73]

  5. Woman has uterine fibroids removed that equaled the size of a ...

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    Erica Chidi, co-founder and CEO of Loom, a women's health education platform, is making her private health journey -- a six-year battle with uterine fibroids -- public, she said, in hopes of ...

  6. Hematometra - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, hematometra may develop as a complication of uterine or cervical surgery such as endometrial ablation, where scar tissue in the endometrium can "wall off" sections of endometrial glands and stroma causing blood to accumulate in the uterine cavity. [1] It can also develop after abortion, [4] as well as after childbirth.

  7. Here’s What Endometrial Cancer Actually Is—and How ... - AOL

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    As one of the few cancers on the rise, it’s important to know the facts about endometrial cancer—especially if you are a postmenopausal woman.(Women 45 and younger are rarely diagnosed.) When ...

  8. Menstrual suppression - Wikipedia

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    When the first birth control pill was being developed, the researchers were aware that they could use the contraceptive to space menstrual periods up to 90 days apart, but they settled on a 28-day cycle that would mimic a natural menstrual cycle and produce monthly periods. The intention behind this decision was the hope of the inventor, John ...

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