Periods

About Periods

The following sites provide information on Periods. These are good quality information sites.

NHS Website - Information about Periods; Periods, absent; Periods, heavy; Periods, painful

Patient UK - Information on Periods and period problems; Periods - Heavy Periods (Menorrhagia)

NICE  - An independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health. Information is available for on the following:

Menstrual bleeding - fluid-filled thermal balloon and microwave endometrial ablation: understanding NICE guidance

http://guidance.nice.org.uk/TA78/publicinfo/pdf/English

Heavy menstrual bleeding: assessment and management

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng88/informationforpublic

Endometrial cryotherapy for menorrhagia - information for the public

http://guidance.nice.org.uk/IPG157/publicinfo/pdf/English

Local Information

Other Local information can be found at London Borough of Hounslow Health and Social Care

see also Endometriosis; Pregnancy and Birth ; Women's health page

Useful Websites:

National Association for PMS

Women’s Health Concern

Easy read information on periods

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