Heavy Menstrual Periods

Another potential cause of heavy periods is an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) may cause heavy periods. Other symptoms of hypothyroidism include

• low energy level and fatigue
• difficulty staying warm
• coarse and dry skin
• muscle aches or muscle weakness
• slowness of memory or thinking tasks
• facial puffiness, particularly around the eyes
• coarse hair or hair loss.

Do you have some of these symptoms in addition to heavy menstrual bleeding? Yes, this sounds like me. No, I do not have these symptoms.

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Online Medical Reviewer: Faculty of Harvard Medical School Date Last Reviewed: 6/15/2006 Date Last Modified: 6/5/2006 Source: from Harvard Health Decision Guides, Harvard Health Publications, Copyright © 2007 by President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Used with permission of StayWell.