What are Menstruation (Heavy Periods)?

The correct Medicine definition of heavy periods is the passage of more than 80ml of blood each period. It is seldom realistic or practical, however, to actually measure the blood loss and so doctors rely on the woman's description of her period.

Periods are considered heavy when:

A woman bleeds for more than 8 to 10 days, or a sudden twice as much as her normal flow, especially if this is repeated month after month.

A woman bleeds so much that it is difficult for her to attend her job. She may be forced to plan her holidays and leisure time according to the timings of her period.

The bleeding is continuously so heavy that the woman becomes anemic.

The presence of high numbers of small clots for more than two days suggests heavy periods.

'Flooding' describes the sudden, unexpected onset of periods, like a tap is busted , and indicates heavy periods.


Cause of heavy and long menstrual flow

Younger women heavy periods are most often due to a temporary hormone imbalance, which eventually corrects itself.

In the years close to the menopause, heavy periods are usually a sign of hormone imbalance.

Possibility of heavy periods being caused by an underlying disease increases with age

Associated with heavy periods:

fibroids.
endometriosis.
pelvic inflammatory disease.
polyps of the lining of the womb.
the commonest cause is a condition called dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB). This refers to heavy bleeding with cold and weak conditions in the ovary and womb.

In the olden days in villages, there are many cases of died from heavy and non stop menstruation.

When the heavy period does not stop you need immediate herbal medicine to stop it. And when the problem is persistence you still need to get special herbal medicine to balance you conditions.

Regular herbal medicine should be taken after you conditions is over come. It will strengthen your ovary and womb conditions and also tighten your vagina and uterus.