text: You have what your doctor would call menorrhagia - excessive menstruation or vaginal bleeding.  The causes are varied. It could be due to fibroids(more common in blacks), endometriosis(the lining of the uterus is called the endometrium), infection, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, rarely endometrial cancer and a host of other reasons eg. if you have a bleeding disorder.\n\nYour doctor needs to examine you and would also probably organize an ultrasound scan to check everything is OK. You may also need blood tests to be sure you are not anaemic.\n\nSee the doctor as early as possible. The good news is sometimes no disease process is found and you are simply given medication to reduce the bleeding!