Introduction:

menstrual cycle alterations are frequent in adolescents with diabetes, being oligomenorrhea and amenorrhea the most observed, while excessive uterine bleeding is not frequent in these patients. Excessive uterine bleeding may be due to multiple causes, with biological and social repercussions that represent a concern for family members and professionals.

Objective:

to update the subject of blood alterations that may be the cause and/or appear as a consequence of excessive uterine bleeding, as well as the treatment in adolescents with diabetes mellitus.

Methods:

an updated national and international bibliographic review was carried out to prepare a document that includes the hematological alterations that may be associated in adolescents with diabetes and excessive uterine bleeding, as well as the integral management. The review was structured by sections according to what was obtained as part of the research carried out.

Development:

excessive uterine bleeding in patients with diabetes can be caused by various hematological disorders, particularly hemorrhagic diathesis, with anemia being its main consequence, which implies that the diagnostic evaluation should take into account both diseases when facing this problem. The therapeutic conduct, although it does not differ from that indicated for non-diabetic patients, always requires some particular considerations.

Conclusions:

excessive uterine bleeding is less frequent in diabetic adolescents than in non-diabetic adolescents and its main hematological consequence is anemia. Treatment does not differ from that of non-diabetics, except for the need for adequate metabolic control of the underlying disease.

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