What Exactly Is a Heavy Period & How to Tell If You Have Them

How do you know you have a heavy period? SheKnows spoke with experts about how fibroids contribute to irregular heavy periods.
Not all periods are created equal. Depending on who you ask, a period can mean taking some pain relievers or curling up with a heating pad, while other women with heavy flows have to rush to the bathroom and change their pads or tampons throughout the day. Excess bleeding and irregular periods can take a real toll on your quality of life, and that’s something no one should have to suffer through in silence.  In fact, you may be surprised to learn: Those heavy periods and all the ramifications — like bleeding through your clothes — can actually be caused

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