What Causes Unusual Vaginal Bleeding?
Unusual vaginal bleeding can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'needs attention' to 'generally fatal'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.
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Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose unusual vaginal bleeding, we could:
- Research the topic
- Find a doctor with the time
- Use a diagnostic computer system.
The process is the same, whichever method is used.
Step 1: List all Possible Causes
We begin by identifying the disease conditions which have "unusual vaginal bleeding" as a symptom. Here are seven possibilities:
- Adrenal Fatigue
- Endometrial Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
- Ovarian Cysts
- Endometrial Hyperplasia
Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist
We then identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause, and check the ones that apply:
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... and more than 90 others
Step 3: Rule Out or Confirm each Possible Cause
A differential diagnosis of your symptoms and risk factors finds the likely cause of unusual vaginal bleeding:
* This is a simple example to illustrate the process
Arriving at a Correct Diagnosis
is our online diagnosis tool that learns all about you through a straightforward process of multi-level questioning, providing diagnosis at the end.
Abnormal bleeding. Do you have any vaginal bleeding that is not due to a menstrual period?$$$NOT linked to Metrorrhagia because abnormal bleeding is much more serious after menopause... conditions are linked individually instead
→ Don't know
→ Occasionally, a few times per year
→ Yes, it is constant or nearly constant
Based on your response to this question, which may indicate either no unusual vaginal bleeding or unusual vaginal bleeding, The Analyst™
will consider possibilities such as:
The most common sign of endometrial cancer is unusual bleeding from the vagina, especially bleeding that occurs after passing through menopause.
Endometrial hyperplasia usually occurs after menopause, when ovulation stops and progesterone is no longer made.
Although endometriosis is more common in women who are still having periods, it does affect between 2% to 5% of postmenopausal women.
The growth of uterine fibroids is estrogen dependent, which means that fibroids tend to stop growing – and often shrink – after menopause.
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