Breakthrough bleeding

Breakthrough bleeding , even spotting called, is the gynecological designation for a vaginal bleeding from the uterus between menstrual periods by estrogen - and progesterone deficiency (for example due to low dose contraceptive or as a side effect of the mini-pill or only a progesterone-containing birth control pill ). Breakthrough bleeding often has the character of a spotting or drip and is usually less excreted than conventional menstrual bleeding, but should always be diagnosed in order to prevent possible diseases such as an undetected infection with sexually transmitted diseases or abdominal cancer.

See also

• Intermenstrual bleeding
• Spotting

Literature and Sources

• Pschyrembel, Dictionary of Sexuality. Dr. phil. Stephan Dressler, Dr. med. Christoph Zink, Walter de Gruyter Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-11-016965-7
• Lois Jovanovic, Genell J. Subak-Sharpe: Hormones. The medical manual for women. (Original edition: Hormones. The Woman's Answerbook. Atheneum, New York 1987) From the American by Margaret Auer, Kabel, Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-8225-0100-X , p. 372.

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