Menorrhagia
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What is menorrhagia?
Heavy menstrual flow is known as menorrhagia. It is characterized by excessive or abnormally heavy uterine bleeding during menstruation.
Common symptoms reported by people with menorrhagia
Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
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Treatments taken by people for menorrhagia
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Compare treatments taken by people with menorrhagia
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have menorrhagia through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with menorrhagia? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has menorrhagia on PatientsLikeMe?
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 47 say menorrhagia is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 2 | |
| 20s | 11 | |
| 30s | 43 | |
| 40s | 66 | |
| 50s | 48 | |
| 60s | 6 | |
| 70+ | 1 |
| Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| 0-19 years | 44 | |
| 20-29 years | 18 | |
| 30-39 years | 26 | |
| 40-49 years | 22 | |
| 50-59 years | 1 | |
| 60-69 years | 0 | |
| 70+ years | 0 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 2 | |
| Female | 178 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 110 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 21 |
These charts show data from menorrhagia patients who have completed their condition history
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