Menorrhagia Facility
Menorrhagia is the medical term for menstrual periods in which bleeding is abnormally heavy or prolonged. This is the leading case of outpatient gynecology visits with 20-30% of women presenting with
this complaint annually
Some of the many conditions that can result in heavy menstrual bleeding include:
Hormonal imbalance and/or lack of ovulation
Uterine fibroids
Polyps
Endometriosis
Adenomyosis
Certain medications
Thyroid disease
Pregnancy complications
Bleeding disorders
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Cancer
Some Possible Treatment Options Include: : Conservative options – Many times the abnormal uterine bleeding can be treated without surgery.
Medical – These include:
Simple non hormonal medication.
Hormone therapy with oral contraceptives, hormone replacement therapy or an IUD
Thyroid medication
Anti-inflammatory medication
Mirena IUD can be inserted with out Anaesthesia as an OPD procedure which gives relief for most of the women.
If can be placed for 5 years and most effective and helps in avoiding surgery.
Minor complications may be seen like pain abdomen and expulsion of IUD which are
very rare.
Conservative surgery – without removing the uterus.
Hysteroscopy with D&C
Fibroid resection or polyp removal
Removing the uterus is done very rarely. Hysterectomy is done by Laparoscopy at our hospital in 90% of cases