Heavy menstrual bleeding

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 05 Oct 2016 English Publisher:RCN Publishing Ltd.Journal:Primary Health Care, volume 26, pages 10-10 (issn: 0264-5033, eissn: 2047-900X,

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Authors: Lynne, Pearce;

doi: 10.7748/phc.26.9.10.s8 , 10.7748/ns.31.6.15.s17

pmid: 27823095

Heavy menstrual bleeding

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Abstract

Essential facts Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is defined as excessive menstrual blood loss that interferes with a woman's physical, emotional, social or material quality of life. In England and Wales, around 80,000 women a year will be referred for the first time to secondary care, with 30,000 requiring surgical treatment.

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Wales, England, Quality of Life, Humans, Female, Menorrhagia, United Kingdom

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