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Menstrual Cycle / Periods
UK sources of information and / or support
The leaflets section of Patient UK
Includes leaflets called:
Women's Health Concern
Provides health information factsheets on a number of issues including period problems.
Pelvic Pain Support Network
This site covers several common as well as many less common pelvic painconditions. For example, Adenomyosis, Adhesions, Dysmenorrhoea (Painful Periods), Endometriosis, Fibroids, Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Nerve damage (Sciatic, Pudendal, Ilio-inguinal), Ovarian Remnant Syndrome, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID), Pudendal Neuralgia, Painful Bladder Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis (PBS/IC), Vulvodynia. It has sections for patients, clinicians and researchers.
Heavy menstrual bleeding
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Heavy menstrual bleeding.
Menstrual bleeding - fluid-filled thermal balloon and microwave endometrial ablation
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Menstrual bleeding - fluid-filled thermal balloon and microwave endometrial ablation.
Impedance-controlled endometrial ablation for menorrhagia
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Impedance-controlled endometrial ablation for menorrhagia.
Photodynamic endometrial ablation
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Photodynamic endometrial ablation.
Endometrial cryotherapy for menorrhagia
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Endometrial cryotherapy for menorrhagia.
Medicine Guide for Amenorrhoea
Provides detailed information about the drugs available to treat this condition. Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines, conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.
Medicine Guide for Delaying Menstruation
Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project. Includes detailed information about medicines used to delay menstruation.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
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- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
Disclaimer: Patient UK has no control of the content of the above links. Inclusion does not imply endorsement by Patient UK.
Related pages in Patient UK
Information leaflets related to this topic (^ top of page)
Heavy Periods (Menorrhagia)
Periods - How to Delay One
Periods and Some Period ProblemsMedical reference articles in PatientPlus related to this topic (^ top of page)
The Premenstrual SyndromeDiagrams related to this topic (^ top of page)
Menstrual Diary (diagram)Poems and stories related to this topic (^ top of page)
Starting your PeriodsOther - Useful resources (^ top of page)
Pictures, diagrams, photos, images, etc.Evidence based medicine
Online textbooks and journals
A-Z of UK Guidelines
A-Z of Online Videos
Medline
Other good health sites
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