Intermenstrual bleeding

A breakthrough bleeding is bleeding from the uterus, outside the menstrual period occurs.

The reasons can be hormonal imbalances , psychological triggers such as stress, grief, shock or extreme joy. However, it can also be ovulatory bleeding that occurs around the time of ovulation (if bleeding from the uterus or vagina occurs outside of ovulation, one speaks of dysfunctional uterine bleeding ). Repeated intermenstrual bleeding, especially if it occurs without a rhythm or after the last regular bleeding ( menopause ), can also be a sign of serious diseases of the female genital organs such as cancer or sexually transmitted diseases .

In early pregnancy , bleeding can also occur again around the fifth to eighth week of pregnancy, when the fertilized egg nests in the mucous membrane or when the placenta opens a blood vessel in the uterus as it develops.

See also

• Metrorrhagia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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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