Intrauterine Spiral Can Reduce The Severity Of Menstrual Bleeding

Intrauterine Spiral Can Reduce The Severity Of Menstrual Bleeding.
Women with oppressive menstrual bleeding may secure some relief using an intrauterine device, or IUD, containing the hormone levonorgestrel, according to supplemental research. British researchers found that the treated IUD was more effective at reducing the slang shit of heavy menstrual bleeding (also called menorrhagia) on quality of life compared to other treatments. Normally employed for contraception, the intrauterine system is sold under the brand name Mirena.

So "If women decline with heavy periods and do not want to get pregnant - as the levonorgestrel intrauterine approach is a contraceptive - then having the levonorgestrel intrauterine system is a very good first-line treatment election that does not require taking regular, daily oral medications," said the study's lead author, Dr Janesh Gupta, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Women's Hospital in England. For women who do want to get having a bun in the oven taking the blood-clotting tranquillizer tranexamic acid during periods is an pinch-hitter method of treating heavy periods.

Results of the study, which was funded by the United Kingdom's National Institute of Health Research, appear in the Jan 10, 2013 exit of the New England Journal of Medicine. Heavy menstrual bleeding is a significant tough nut to crack for many women. About 20 percent of gynecologist role visits in the United States and the United Kingdom are because of heavy bleeding. There are several nonhormonal and hormonal healing options available to reduce blood loss.

The current study compared the use of conventional medical options - tranexamic acid pills, mefenamic acid (Ponstel), combined estrogen-progestogen and progesterone solitary - to the use of the levonorgestrel intrauterine system. The researchers randomly assigned nearly 600 women with impenetrable menstrual bleeding to receive either the IUD or standard medical care. They assessed recovery using a patient-reported score on a scale designed to measure hardness of symptoms. The scale goes from 0 to 100, with lower scores indicating more severe symptoms.