What causes excessive menstruation?

Don’t think that only the absence of menstruation is a serious condition. If a woman has too much or too little menstruation, it will have a certain impact on her physical health. Severe cases may even cause women to be unable to get pregnant, so women should not ignore it. So what are the causes of excessive menstruation? Let’s find out together.

Causes of heavy menstruation

Excessive menstruation is usually a clinical symptom of some diseases, common diseases include:

1. Uterine and cervical fibroids: Uterine fibroids that protrude into the uterine cavity. Because the surface of the uterine fibroids covers the uterine wall, the area of ​​the uterine wall is increased, and the menstrual volume will increase. In addition, uterine fibroids occupy the space in the uterine cavity, which will affect the discharge of menstruation, causing abnormal contraction of the uterus and resulting in menstrual pain. It will always cause anemia, infertility, etc.

2. Uterine wall proliferation disease and uterine intrauterine polyps: Due to the patient's endocrine disorder, excessive estrogen levels and long-term anovulation, the endometrium proliferates excessively, protruding from the uterine body, smooth, fleshy, with pedicles of varying lengths, and the long ones can protrude from the external os of the cervix. The main symptoms are increased menstrual volume, prolonged menstruation, menstrual pain, infertility, and can be diagnosed by ultrasound.

3. Adenomyosis: The appearance and growth of the uterine wall in the myometrium is called adenomyosis. The cause of the disease is the increase of estrogen levels in the body, which causes excessive proliferation of the uterine wall and spreads in and out of the myometrium. The cause of the disease may be trauma such as pregnancy and childbirth and excessive curettage. The reproductive system is blocked, so that menstruation cannot be drained out, and the endometrium is squeezed into the myometrium. The uterus enlarges and the total area of ​​the endometrium expands; the myometrium thickens, loses its contractile power, and is unable to control the overflowing blood vessels, resulting in more bleeding. The main symptoms are: increased menstrual volume, menstrual pain, and enlarged uterus.

4. Caused by intrauterine contraceptive ring: The intrauterine contraceptive ring is a contraceptive device placed in the uterus. It is originally a foreign body in the body, and foreign bodies in the human body can cause reflex damage and inflammation to some tissues. Especially the contraceptive ring containing copper ions, which are cytotoxic and hemolytic. The clinical symptoms are increased menstrual flow, accompanied by discomfort in the waist and abdomen.

5. Inflammation: When there is pelvic inflammation, mainly endometritis, some blood vessels become sensitive, bleeding during menstruation is not easy to stop, and the menstrual flow is usually excessive.

6. Blood diseases: low platelet purpura, sepsis, hemophilia, aplastic anemia, etc.

7. Some medicines: wrong dosage, missed dose of emergency contraception, etc.