Menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding) : Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

Symptoms of menorrhagia

Menorrhagia symptoms

Signs and symptoms of menorrhagia includes:

  • The requirement to use one or more sanitary pads every hour for several consecutive hours.
  • Soaking of the pads or tampons even with the use of double sanitary protection.
  • Needing to wake up to change the pads during night.
  • Bleeding for longer duration more than normal ( the average duration for most of females is about a week)
  • Large blood clots pass out with the menstrual blood.
  • Heavy menstrual blood flow restricts daily activity.
  • Bleeding results in loss of more than 80ml of blood per menstrual cycle.
  • Symptoms related to anaemia such as tiredness,easy fatigability and shortness of breath.