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Menorrhagia: Excessive or prolonged blood loss during menstruation. See free access online books about Menorrhagia below. See detailed information below for a list of 81 causes of Menorrhagia, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
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As many as 20 to 50 percent of all women develop fibroids. These benign muscle tumors usually grow in the uterus, and can cause pain, and in some...
As many as 20 to 50 percent of all women develop fibroids. These benign muscle tumors usually grow in the uterus, and can cause pain, and in some...
Every year, thousands of woman suffering from abnormal uterine bleeding are told that their only option is hysterectomy. Some choose to undergo this...
Every year, thousands of woman suffering from abnormal uterine bleeding are told that their only option is hysterectomy. Some choose to undergo this...
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Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common in women, but often fails to be correctly diagnosed. Women with the condition tend to have ...read more »
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be...read more »
Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from sudden inability to speak. This was...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance....read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria,...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions, such as a stroke or ...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed...read more »
Rare type of breast cancer without a lump: There is a less common form of breast cancer called inflammatory breast cancer. Its symptoms can be an...read more »
Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms of severe brain injury are hard to miss, it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion diagnosis. The condition goes by the name of " mild...read more »
MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is particularly true of ...read more »
Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed. It may be...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety...read more »
Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return. A variety of symptoms can occur in post-concussion syndrome and these...read more »
Female athlete syndrome leads to undiagnosed osteoporosis: Younger women are not usually considered as candidates for diagnosis of osteoporosis. However, a pattern of three conditions can occur in female athletes: disordered eating,...read more »
Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can also occur in children. See misdiagnosis of migraine or introduction to migraine...read more »
Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see symptoms...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, or GERD. Other...read more »
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Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Menorrhagia as a symptom include:
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causes of Menorrhagia
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Excessive menstrual flow.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
The list below shows some of the causes of Menorrhagia mentioned in various sources:
See full list of 81 causes of Menorrhagia
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Menorrhagia. Of the 81 causes of Menorrhagia that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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The following list of conditions have 'Menorrhagia' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Menorrhagia based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Heavy menstruation, Hypermenorrhoea, Menostaxis, Periods heavy
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Medical Conditions associated with Menorrhagia:
Menstrual irregularities (476 causes), Female sexual symptoms (466 causes), Menstrual symptoms (476 causes), Uterus symptoms (383 causes), Lower abdominal symptoms (2879 causes), Women's health symptoms (932 causes), Vagina symptoms (407 causes), Female genital symptoms (485 causes), Genital symptoms (917 causes), Pain symptoms (5963 causes), Sensory symptoms (6628 causes), Nerve symptoms (8848 causes), Neurological symptoms (9194 causes), Sensations (6091 causes), Brain symptoms (2165 causes), Bleeding symptoms (1556 causes), Common symptoms (7994 causes), Body symptoms (4926 causes), Intercourse symptoms (227 causes), Sexual symptoms (1690 causes), Head symptoms (9526 causes), Female reproductive symptoms (679 causes), Mens health symptoms (253 causes)
Symptoms related to Menorrhagia:
Menstrual symptoms (476 causes), Menstrual pain (3 causes), Vaginal bleeding (63 causes), Dysfunctional uterine bleeding, Endometriosis, Fibroids, Clotting disoders, Bleeding disoders, Von Willebrand disease, Dysmenorrhea (19 causes), Warfarin, Adenomysosis, Endometrial carcinoma, Endometrial polyp, Pelvic inflammatory disease (2 causes)
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