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title: "Period symptoms: pain, heavy bleeding, PMS and more"
description: "Period pain, heavy bleeding, spotting, PMS and PMDD, endometriosis, fibroids, cysts and anaemia, with clear advice on when to get medical help."
url: "https://myruva.co/learn/topics/symptoms"
language: "en-GB"
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# Period symptoms: pain, heavy bleeding, PMS and more

What is common, what needs a GP appointment, and what needs help straight away. Each guide lists the warning signs clearly.

- [Adenomyosis](https://myruva.co/learn/adenomyosis): How adenomyosis affects the womb, what scans can show, and the treatment choices for pain and heavy bleeding. Includes when to get help, with UK and US notes.
- [Bleeding disorders and heavy periods](https://myruva.co/learn/bleeding-disorders-and-heavy-periods): When heavy periods may point to a clotting problem, which other signs matter, and how to ask about specialist tests. Includes when to get help.
- [Endometriosis symptoms and keeping a symptom diary](https://myruva.co/learn/endometriosis-symptoms-and-keeping-a-symptom-diary): How to spot possible endometriosis symptoms, how it is diagnosed, and how to keep useful notes about pain and daily life for an appointment.
- [Endometriosis: getting diagnosed and choosing treatment](https://myruva.co/learn/endometriosis-diagnosis-and-treatment): What examinations, scans and keyhole surgery can tell you, how treatment is chosen, and where fertility care fits in. Includes when to get help.
- [Fibroids](https://myruva.co/learn/fibroids): What fibroids can cause, how treatment is chosen, and what to talk about when it comes to pregnancy and menopause. Fibroids often shrink after menopause.
- [Heavy periods: how much bleeding is too much?](https://myruva.co/learn/heavy-periods-how-much-is-too-much): Signs of heavy periods, possible causes, anaemia symptoms, what a GP may check, and when fast bleeding or feeling faint needs help.
- [Iron deficiency and anaemia](https://myruva.co/learn/iron-deficiency-and-anaemia): How low iron can affect you, why heavy periods matter, what blood tests check, and how food and treatment can help. Includes when to get help.
- [Is period pain normal? When to get help](https://myruva.co/learn/period-pain-whats-normal): Some period cramps are common, but severe pain needs care. Find out what may help, and when to see a GP or get urgent help.
- [Managing PMS and PMDD](https://myruva.co/learn/managing-pms-and-pmdd): Practical treatment choices for PMS and PMDD, from everyday support and CBT to medicines, specialist care and crisis help.
- [Ovarian cysts](https://myruva.co/learn/ovarian-cysts): Why ovarian cysts form, when they need watching or treating, and which kinds of pain need urgent help. Functional cysts form as part of the menstrual cycle.
- [PMS vs PMDD: symptoms and getting help](https://myruva.co/learn/pms-vs-pmdd): How PMS and PMDD differ, how PMDD is diagnosed, what may help, and where to get urgent mental health support if you need it.
- [Spotting between periods: causes and when to get help](https://myruva.co/learn/spotting-between-periods): What spotting between periods can mean, how it differs from a period, what to tell your GP, and which symptoms need urgent help.
- [When periods stop: amenorrhoea](https://myruva.co/learn/absent-periods-amenorrhoea): Why periods can stop, when to take a pregnancy test, when to get advice, and what a clinician may check. Includes when to get help, with UK and US notes.