Heavy menstrual bleeding.
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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D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000451:nursing*; D011788:Quality of Life; D006113:United Kingdom; D014852:Wales