Heavy Menstrual Periods

You don't report symptoms of severe anemia, so you probably don't require an urgent evaluation based upon the information you have provided. Now we can explore possible causes of your heavy periods.

Heavy periods are quite common in the first couple years following the start of menstrual bleeding and again when a woman is approaching menopause.

Did your first period ever (your "menarche") start sometime in the past two years? Yes, my first period was in the last two years. No, my first period was not in the last two years.

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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.