Menorrhagia Anemia Simulator

Tracking iron-deficiency anemia risk from heavy menstrual bleeding over multiple cycles.

Current Stage

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Cumulative blood loss

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Iron store depletion

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Anemia risk level

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Therapy need

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Blood loss per cycle (mL)80

Cycles tracked6

Normal cycle blood loss

Heavy (menorrhagic) cycle

Iron reservoir level

Anemia threshold line

Replacement therapy marker

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Recognizing Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

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30–80 mL: Normal cycle loss (Placeholder reference range)
>80 mL: Menorrhagia threshold (Placeholder clinical cutoff)
21–35 d: Typical cycle length (Placeholder cycle interval)
~10–30%: Prevalence (Placeholder population estimate)

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Placeholder short paragraph describing heavy bleeding pattern recognition.

Estimating Per-Cycle Blood Loss

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PBAC: Pictorial chart score (Placeholder scoring tool)
Lab method: Alkaline hematin (Placeholder gold standard)
Proxy metric: Pad/tampon count (Placeholder estimation proxy)
>2.5 cm: Clot size flag (Placeholder warning sign)

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Cumulative Iron Store Depletion

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~0.5 mg: Iron per mL blood (Placeholder conversion factor)
~500 mg: Typical iron stores (Placeholder baseline reserve)
Serum test: Ferritin marker (Placeholder depletion indicator)
Months: Depletion timeline (Placeholder progression speed)

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Placeholder short paragraph describing cumulative iron depletion mechanism.

Crossing the Anemia Threshold

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<12 g/dL: Hemoglobin cutoff (Placeholder anemia definition)
<15 ng/mL: Ferritin cutoff (Placeholder deficiency marker)
Common symptom: Fatigue onset (Placeholder clinical sign)
Mild–severe: Severity grading (Placeholder classification scale)

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Placeholder short paragraph describing anemia threshold crossing dynamics.

Assessing Replacement Therapy Need

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First line: Oral iron trial (Placeholder mild-case therapy)
Second line: IV iron infusion (Placeholder moderate-case therapy)
Severe cases: Transfusion trigger (Placeholder emergency therapy)
Hormonal/surgical: Underlying cause tx (Placeholder root-cause therapy)

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Placeholder short paragraph describing replacement therapy need assessment.

Placeholder key insight sentence about replacement therapy escalation.