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Bleeding After Menopause Is A Red Alert

Bleeding After Menopause Is A Red Alert


You should not bleed at all from your vagina after you know that youve gone through menopause. If you remember nothing else from this article, remember that. Bleeding after menopause should always promptly be checked out by a doctor or gynecologist. This is a warning sign of cancer of the uterine lining or the cervix. It is not always a warning sign of cancer, especially if you are on hormone replacement therapy to ease the symptoms of menopause, but it still should be checked out. Bleeding after menopause often happens after or during sex, but can happen at other times.

When Am I Done Menopause, Darn It!?

If you havent had a period in six months, your menopause is considered done and dusted. If youve had a hysterectomy or had your ovaries surgically removed, you should not bleed from a month after your surgery. If you do bleed then, it might be a problem from the surgery itself. If you have surgical menopause and bleed, call the doctor as soon as you can.

If its Not Cancer, What Is It?

The doctor will look at your medical history, if you are having bleeding after menopause and did not have a recent operation. Bleeding after menopause is sometimes a sign of growing polyps or fibroids in your womb. Some wombs arent happy unless they grow something, whether its beneficial to the rest of the body or not. Treatment for the growths varies, but you will most likely have to get a biopsy. If youve ever had a PAP or cervical smear, then you know what youre in for to get your womb checked for growths. Just lie back and think of England, to borrow an old saying. The procedure for checking your womb for growths is very similar. Instead of a speculum, the doctor inserts a thin telescope.

If you are taking any kind of hormone replacement therapy and discover bleeding after menopause, it could be due to your body not adjusting to the hormones. You will most likely try lower doses or different kinds of hormone replacement therapy to avoid any kind of surgery. The same is true if you are taking birth control pills for any reason whatsoever, as the pills do contain hormones that can disturb your body.

If bleeding after menopause happens always during sex, then there is the possibility that your vagina was damaged during the sexual act. The vaginal walls, as well the rest of the body, arent as robust as they used to be.

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Menopause Facts

  • In 2002, the WHI estrogen-plus-progestin study was stopped because of an increased risk of breast cancer and because, overall, risks from use of the hormones outweighed the benefits.
  • The female hormones estrogen and progesterone, which are important in regulating the menstrual cycle and having a successful pregnancy, are produced by the ovaries, two small oval-shaped organs found on either side of the uterus.
  • Recent findings about risks of long-term menopausal hormone therapy do not apply to use of birth control pills, which have not been found to increase breast cancer risk.
  • The most common symptoms of menopause are hot flashes or flushes, night sweats, and sleep disturbances.
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