Very Heavy menorrhea also Known as heavy menstrual flow.
When periods are very heavy otherwise you are experiencing “flooding” or passing big clots you've got what's called menorrhagia. the aim of this teaching is to define normal and really heavy menstrual bleeding, to elucidate what causes heavy flow, and to point out what you yourself can neutralize handling heavy flow.
What's the traditional menstrual flow?
In a randomly selected group of premenopausal women, the foremost common amount of menorrhea (measured during a laboratory from all collected tampons and pads) was about two tablespoons (30 ml) during a whole period
However the quantity of flow was highly variable—it ranged from a spot to over two cups (540 ml) in one period!
Women who are taller, have had children and are in perimenopause have the heaviest flow.
The usual length of menstrual bleeding is 4 to six days. the standard amount of blood loss per period is 10 to 35 ml. Each soaked normal-sized tampon or pad holds a teaspoon (5ml) of blood. meaning it's normal to soak one to seven normal-sized pads or tampons (“sanitary products”) during a whole period.
How is extremely Heavy Flow or Menorrhagia defined?
Officially, flow of quite 80 ml (or 16 soaked sanitary products) per menstrual period is taken into account menorrhagia. most girls bleeding this heavily will have a coffee blood count (anemia) or evidence of iron deficiency.
In practice only a few third of girls have anemia, therefore the definition of heavy flow are often adjusted to be more like nine to 12 soaked regular-sized sanitary products during a period.
What am i able to do for very heavy flow?
Keep a record
Make a careful record (see Diary, above) of your flow for a cycle or two. (Note—if flow is so heavy you begin to feel faint or dizzy once you get up , that's a reason to form an emergency doctor appointment.)
Take ibuprofen
Whenever flow is heavy, start taking ibuprofen, the over-the-counter anti-prostaglandin, during a dose of 1 200mg tablet every 4-6 hours while you're awake. This therapy decreases flow by 25-30% and can also Help with menstrual cycle-like cramps
Treat blood loss with extra fluid and salt
Any time you are feeling dizzy or your heart pounds once you rise up from lying down it's evidence that the quantity of blood volume in your system is just too low. to assist that, drink more and increase the salty fluids you drink like tomato or other vegetable juices or salty broths (like bouillon). you'll likely need a minimum of four to 6 cups (1-1.5 litre) of additional liquid that day.
Take iron to exchange what's lost with heavy bleeding
If your doctor’s appointment is delayed otherwise you realize that you simply have had heavy flow for variety of cycles, start taking one over-the-counter tablet of iron (like 35 mg of ferrous gluconate) each day . you'll also increase the iron you get from foods—red meat, liver, egg yolks, deep green vegetables and dried fruits like raisins and prunes are good sources of iron. Your doctor will likely measure your blood count and a test called “ferritin” which tells the quantity of iron you've got stored in your bone marrow. If your ferritin is low, or if you ever have had a coffee blood count, continue iron daily for one full year to bring iron stores to normal.
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