Bleeding As A Medical Procedure

Dilation and curettage (D&C) - Mayo Clinic

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Dilation and curettage (D&C) is a procedure to remove tissue from inside your uterus. Health care providers perform dilation and curettage to diagnose and treat certain uterine conditions — such as heavy bleeding — or to clear the uterine lining after a miscarriage or abortion. In a dilation and curettage, your provider uses s… See more

Bloodletting - Wikipedia

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What is bloodletting, and why was it a popular therapy?

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/bloodletting-why-doctors-used-to-bleed-their-patients-for-health

Also known as phlebotomy — from the Greek words phlebos, meaning “vein,” and temnein, meaning “to …

Menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding) - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/menorrhagia/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20352834

In this procedure, your doctor opens (dilates) your cervix and then scrapes or suctions tissue from the lining of your uterus to reduce menstrual bleeding. Although …