Menorrhagia is a common gynecological symptom. In adolescents, the cause is generally dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Menorrhagia may also be due to undiagnosed coagulation defects, endocrine disorders, gynecological abnormalities of the uterus, or other systemic disorders. Menorrhagia may be the only clinical manifestation of an inherited bleeding disorder. We report a case of inherited hypopr...

OBJECTIVE Chronic menorrhagia causes anemia and impairment of life quality. In this study the aim was the screening of bleeding disorders in adolescents and young women with menorrhagia. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was performed prospectively by pediatric hematologists. A form including demographic characteristics of the patients, bleedings other than menorrhagia, familial bleeding histor...

Norethisterone has several indications in gynaecology and primary care. At low dose ( ≤ 1 mg a day) it can be use in combination with oestrogens either as a contraceptive or in hormone replacement therapy. At higher dose ( ≥ 5 mg daily) it can be used for menorrhagia, to treat metropathia haemorrhagica, and to postpone menstruation. Norethisterone is not available in a formulation greater than ...

During the transitioning through puberty, adolescents present with varied gynaecological issues, among which puberty menorrhagia is a significant complaint. The most common underlying cause of puberty menorrhagia is anovulation, other causes being endocrine dysfunction, PCOS and bleeding disorders. Congenital prothrombin deficiency is an extremely rare inherited coagulopathy, affecting one in t...

Uterine arterio venous malformation is uncommon cause of menorrhagia. We report a rare case of arteriovenous malformation diagnosed after 18 years of suffering from menorrhagia.

Amenorrhea and menorrhagia are opposites and not in any way related to each other. However, the main goal of endometrial ablative therapy in menorrhagia is to establish amenorrhea. Therefore, it is obvious that we spend some words on this subject. Menorrhagia is an important problem in premenopausal women visiting their gynaecologist or general practitioner. Treatment of menorrhagia is diverse:...

increased serum F.D.P. levels in women with clinically significant menorrhagia, as compared with those in women without abnormal menstrual symptoms. Further studies being undertaken indicate that raised serum F.D.P. levels found in women with menorrhagia are often associated with increased levels of fibrin monomer complexes in the blood. Thus raised serum F.D.P. levels in women complaining of m...