too much wear pads, can be Menorrhagia

Many complaints can occur during menstruation. Menstrual slightly and briefly can cause anxiety. Extensive and prolonged menstruation, also invited restless. Wearing pads often interfere with, especially if the commute should replace it. Not only making trouble, excessive menstruation (menorrhagia) can also indicate a health problem.

Not a few women who have problems during menstruation. Starting from menstrual blood is too little or too much, periods that come late or too early, to abdominal pain were outstanding. In clinical disorder caused by the menstrual cycle involves important hormone in the body, which is very susceptible to problems.

"One complaint that is often experienced by women is excessive menstrual blood volume or menorrhagia," said dr. Caroline Titajasa, Sp.OG, obstetrics and gynecology expert RS.Omni International, Pulomas, Jakarta.

So, how do we know that we have experienced, including menstruation is normal or not? The easiest way is by recording how often we change pads or tampons.

A person diagnosed with menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding), if the change pads more than 1-2 hours once, or if for seven days (a week) full bleed a lot. "The volume of blood ejected more than normal, which is about 80 milliliters," he said.

First Menstruation
Many causes of menorrhagia, such as an imbalance of hormones. Added Dr, Caroline, a normal menstrual cycle occurs because the balance of the hormones estrogen and progesterone. These hormones regulate the formation of mucous membranes plays uterus will fall out each time period.

If the levels of hormone-horrnon is not balanced, the mucous membrane that loss becomes excessive, so that the menstrual blood out more. Usually the symptoms of hormone imbalance often experienced by teenagers who had just had her first period.

In addition, menorrhagia can also occur due to benign tumors and polio in the uterus or the presence of cancer, ovarian cysts, and adenomyosis. "The use of an intrauterine device, (IUD) also sometimes be the cause of menstrual blood volume overload," he said.

Ahead of menopause
All women in the reproductive age may experience heavy bleeding during menstruation. Young women who have menstrual cycles tend to have menorrhagia in 12 to 18 months after the first period.

Mature women approaching menopause also often experience hormonal imbalance, so it will tend to experience menorrhagia. In premenopausal women entering phase, a situation when the ovaries or ovarian function is reduced, often experience menstrual cycles faster and often bleeding during menstruation.

This condition is caused by a thickening of the lining of the uterus. This thickening can be due to the menstrual cycle there is no more broken eggs. The longer the wall of the uterus to thicken, so that when first menstruation, excessive amounts of blood out.
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