HMB Flashcards
Definition
Menses >7
Changing menstrual products 1-2 hourly
Impacting QOL
Commonest cause in adolescence
Anovulatory cycles
Investigations for adolescents
FBC
Ferritin
Clotting
Causes of HMB in adolescents
vWF
Ehlers Danlos syndrome
PCOS
hypothyroidism
Anovulation
SLE
Endometriosis
Diabetes
AEDs
Vascular liver disease
Prevalence of ITP in adolescent girls with HMB
7%
Connective tissue disorder causing HMB in adolescents?
Ehlers Danlos syndrome
SLE (50% have HMB)
What are the Liver diseases causing HMB and what is the rate?
Vascular diseases - portal vein obstruction, Budd Chiari syndrome and Porto-sinusoidal vascular disease
21%
Effect of depot injection on bleeding
50-60% amenorrhoeic at 12 months
70% amenorrhoeic at 24 months