Monthly it is 15 days - what to do?

In medical practice, it is believed that the duration of menstruation should vary from three to seven days, and any deviation in one direction or another can be regarded as an occasion for examination. However, before you understand what to do, when the monthly go for 12 to 15 days or more, you need to determine the cause.

When you should not panic?

There are a number of factors when a woman can face prolonged bleeding from the genital tract, but they will not be a pathology, and therefore no treatment is required. However, it is worth noting that you do not need to worry only if you are on the list below, and there are no other complaints, for example, pain, and bleeding is not plentiful, without clots.

So, what is the reason, that the monthly ones are already 15 days old:

• unsteady menstrual cycle. This applies to those representatives of the fair sex, whose menstruation began no more than two years ago;
• postabortion menstruation;
• climacterium;
• heredity.

When should I seek medical help from a doctor?

To the gynecologist it is necessary to go always, in fact the reasons of why monthly do not stop 15 days and more, there can be a lot of. And the most common of them are:

1. Improperly selected contraception, both oral drugs and intrauterine devices.

At a doctor's appointment, you can often hear complaints about the fact that 15 days after the month's smears, and the reason for this is most likely new pills or an established "spiral". Remedy the cause of this or recommend other methods of contraception you will only be able to your gynecologist.

2. Failure in the hormonal system.

With an imbalance of hormones, a woman of any age can be confronted, and the result is a sedentary lifestyle, an irregular sex life, improper diet, poor ecology and stress. As a rule, in this case, the hormonal background is adjusted with special preparations: Novinet, Janine, etc.

3. Gynecological diseases.

Endometriosis, polycysticosis, various diseases of the cervix and cervical can lead to prolonged menstruation. Treatment is appointed after examination of the gynecologist, ultrasound and additional tests.

Of course, you can try to stop the menstrual periods, which have already lasted 15 days, at home. For this, traditional medicine recommends drinking a tincture of water pepper, a decoction of nettles, freshly squeezed plantain leaf juice, etc.

So, faced with this problem, every woman needs to visit a doctor. In time, correctly diagnosed and medication will help to quickly cope with bleeding, because it may be hiding not only a banal hormonal imbalance, but also a more serious disease.