Q My menstrual flow is so heavy, perhaps because of a uterine fibroid, that I am always dizzy from anemia. Is the anemia managed together as well?
A Heavy menstrual bleeding from uterine fibroids or adenomyosis readily leads to iron-deficiency anemia, so it is best to manage them together. While confirming the cause of the bleeding, Korean medicine treatment that replenishes qi and blood can be combined.
Detailed Answer
Uterine fibroids (especially submucosal fibroids) and adenomyosis greatly increase menstrual volume, and when this is repeated it readily leads to iron-deficiency anemia, causing dizziness, fatigue, paleness, and shortness of breath. Therefore, it is important both to confirm the cause of the bleeding volume itself at a gynecology clinic and to manage the resulting anemia together. If bleeding is abnormally heavy or progressively worsens, it can be a warning sign, so it is safer to get examined first, and on that basis it is good to add Korean medicine care.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
In Korean medicine, excessive menstruation and the resulting dizziness are seen as a pattern of qi-and-blood deficiency (gihyeol-heoyak, 氣血虛弱), in which both qi and blood are depleted together. At Dongjedang, after distinguishing the cause of the bleeding through Western diagnosis, we focus on replenishing the depleted qi and blood to address the fatigue and dizziness from anemia, while also managing the underlying tendency toward excessive menstrual volume.
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