New Delhi, April 13 -- It is important to change your menstrual product like a pad every 4 hours. But if you are doing it more often then it may be due to heavy menstrual bleeding. It is something that can be experienced by girls or young women. But if you get heavy periods with clots after 40, you may find it alarming. It is usually because of perimenopause, which is the time when you transition to menopause. It may also be due to hormonal imbalance, which often happens during different stages in life. Heavy periods with clots after 40 may also be a sign of a blood clotting disorder.

What are heavy periods?

Heavy periods, medically known as menorrhagia, refer to an increase in the bleeding while you are down. "This could be an increase...