In this article, the authors present information on 11 claims of folk-lore medicine on Leucorrhoea and Menorrhagia gathered from the tribals of Dandakaranya.

Haematological indices of iron deficiency and serum ferritin concentrations were compared in 42 women complaining of menorrhagia and in 34 with normal menstrual loss. No significant differences in haemoglobin concentration, mean corpuscular volume, or mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration were found between the two groups. Serum ferritin concentrations were significantly lower (p less than...

Human cervical mucus is a heterogeneous mixture of mucin glycoproteins whose relative concentration changes during the ovulatory phases, thereby producing different mucus aggregation structures that can periodically permit the transit of spermatozoa for fertilization. In preovulatory phase, mucus is arranged in compact fiber-like structures where sperm transit is hindered. Previously, through o...

Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a unique form of acute myeloblastic leukemia, which manifests by DIVC, massive hemorrhage and hypofibrinogenemia and has a rapidly fatal outcome. Here we report a case of APL in a 38-year-old woman, who presented with an acute episode of severe menorrhagia for the first time and died due to hemorrhagic complications. The diagnosis of hematological disorders...

BACKGROUND For many woman who suffer from menorrhagia, treatment would previously have meant hysterectomy. Today there are a number of less invasive surgical options available, such as endometrial ablation, which involves removal of the endometrium and part of the myometrium. This article compares two endometrial ablative techniques--transcervical resection of the endometrium and thermal balloo...