Heavy menstrual bleeding
Our essential guide to new National Institute for Health and Care (NICE) guidance on how nurses can help women affected by heavy menstrual bleeding.
Essential facts
Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is defined as excessive menstrual blood loss that interferes with a woman’s physical, emotional, social or material quality of life. According to charity Women’s Health Concern, it is one of the most common reasons for women to visit their GP, with one in 20 seeking help for this problem during a year.
In England and Wales, around 80,000 women a year will be referred for the first time to secondary care, according to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, with 30,000 requiring surgical treatment.
What’s new?
In August, NICE updated its guidance on HMB – originally
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