Long menstrual periods can cause women to contract this disease!

Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon for women, but nowadays, more and more female friends are experiencing irregular menstruation. Early menstruation, absent menstruation or prolonged menstruation may be caused by gynecological diseases. Now, let’s learn with the editor about the six diseases that women should be wary of if their menstrual period is too long.

1. Blood diseases

Such as thrombocytopenic purpura, aplastic anemia, etc., are often accompanied by menstruation. If severe uterine bleeding occurs, the menstrual period will be prolonged. Other conditions such as chronic anemia, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, nephritis, etc. can make the blood vessel walls fragile, increase permeability and cause bleeding.

2. Uterine dysfunction bleeding

For example, anovulatory dysfunctional uterine bleeding and irregular endometrial shedding both cause prolonged menstruation due to endocrine dysfunction.

3. Endometriosis

It often causes menorrhagia or prolonged menstruation due to affecting the contraction of the uterine muscle layer or strengthening the endometrium.

4. Pelvic Inflammation

Pelvic inflammation, intrauterine polyps, endometritis, etc. are all caused by poor intrauterine blood circulation, degeneration and necrosis, or pelvic congestion, which lead to excessive menstruation and prolonged menstruation.

5. Chronic uterine hypertrophy (uterine myositis)

Due to pelvic congestion, ovarian estrogen continues to increase, causing thickening of the uterine muscle layer, resulting in excessive menstruation and prolonged menstruation.

6. Uterine fibroids

Especially for submucosal uterine fibroids, due to the expansion of the uterine cavity area and abnormal contraction, it can cause menorrhagia and prolonged menstruation.

In addition, the placement of an IUD can easily cause prolonged menstruation. Therefore, prolonged menstruation is caused by systemic diseases as well as many gynecological diseases, which should be differentiated and identified, and then treated separately.