Heavy periods are one of the leading causes of iron deficiency and anaemia.
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Working out how much blood you’re losing and getting a sense of when it’s outside the normal range can be difficult. Recent research on the capacity of different period products could help.
Breaking the taboo: the fascinating history of menstrual products.
Around a quarter of women experience heavy periods. It probably seems normal to them, but it’s not something you just have to put up with.
Around a quarter of women have clinically heavy periods.
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Lecturer and GP, University of Sydney
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GP and Lecturer at Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney
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DPhil in Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford
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Senior lecturer in Women's Health, Queen Mary University of London
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Clinical Research Fellow, Centre for Reproductive Health, The University of Edinburgh
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Research Fellow, MRC Clinical Trials Unit, UCL
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Associate Professor in Ovarian Physiology, Lead for Ovarian Cryopreservation and Fertility Preservation Research, Lead of Rhino Fertility Project, University of Oxford
