Intermenstrual bleeding is bleeding from the uterus that occurs between menstrual periods.

If bleeding occurs between periods, this is not necessarily pathological, but it is termed intermenstrual bleeding.

If there are symptoms, they are commonly abnormal vaginal bleeding, which may be post-coital, intermenstrual, prepubertal, or postmenopausal.

Decoction of both leaves and fruit is used in the treatment of amenorrhoea, heavy menstrual and intermenstrual bleeding and colic.

Bleeding in between periods (intermenstrual bleeding or IMB) or after the menopause (post-menopausal bleeding or PMB) should always be considered suspicious.

The only symptoms of note that Ms. Blackman wrote down were a mild discharge Kristin had noted over the last several months and occasional intermenstrual spotting, which she'd had as long as she could remember.

In the correspondence that followed, Cates and Peterson from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta criticised the article for failing to mention the potential role of sexually transmitted diseases as important causes of intermenstrual bleeding.

The possibility of endometritis should be considered in all young women with intermenstrual bleeding and, in particular, Chlamydia trachomatis infection, which is a well recognised cause of endometritis and is currently the commonest sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the United Kingdom.