Intense menstrual flow can be a consequence of some hormonal lack of control, although naturally uterine bleeding varies greatly from woman to woman, both in volume and in duration.
Menstrual flow can be intense, mild, frequent or irregular. The cause of the differences may be physical or hormonal. When a woman is of reproductive age, these changes are more frequent and generally do not represent disease although they cause some discomfort. In some situations, anemia may arise.
In cases where no cause for abnormally intense menstrual flow is detected, it is called dysfunctional uterine bleeding and is very common at the extremes of a woman's life such as in early adolescence and around the menopause period.
