Types of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

During the reproductive years, most women experience abnormal uterine bleeding at least once. Girls and women experience abnormal uterine bleeding most often during the first few years after the onset of menstruation and during the last few years of perimenopause before menopause occurs.

What is Abnormal Uterine Bleeding?

Abnormal uterine bleeding is a menstrual cycle disorder. Several types of problems with menstruation fall under the umbrella of abnormal uterine bleeding. In fact, not bleeding or missing periods is abnormal uterine bleeding. What type of abnormal uterine bleeding you may be diagnosed with depends on when you experience bleeding, how long it lasts, and other factors.

The types of abnormal uterine bleeding are:

• Menorrhagia
• Metrorrhagia
• Menometrorrhagia
• Postcoital bleeding
• Polymenorrhea
• Dysfunctional uterine bleeding, or DUB
• Oligomenorrhea
• Amenorrhea
• Intermenstrual uterine bleeding

If you experience abnormal uterine bleeding, contact your doctor for diagnosis and treatment.