WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for May, 2001: Re: I have been bleeding everyday for the last 8 months

Re: I have been bleeding everyday for the last 8 months

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 May 2001 19:12:33 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 31 May 2001, Dara wrote: >
>I have been to my gyn and he done blood tests (CBC,Prolactin,TSH) and an
>ultrasound.All of which he said were O.K. He has since put me on
>B.C.pills and said it would be 4 months before we will know if it is
>working.I have been bleeding day in and day out for the past 8 months
>and I can't seem to get any answers as to why, or what he THINKS might
>be the cause.I am also sure the worry of not knowing what is, isn't
>helping matters any either.I have passed clots (bright red,red,Dark
>red,black),cramps,bloated,pain,mood swings.You name it.I am 31 and 5'4
>and 183lbs. and I smoke.I don't know what to do next,I just know I
>can't keep going like this.Please help!I just need some answers,or at
>least a thought of what this could be.
>
>--
> Dara
>

If your CBC is normal after 8 months of bleeding every day, you aren't bleeding very much every day. If you were your Hemoglobin would be LOW. Normal prolactin rules out a pituitary tumor. Normal TSH rules out thyroid abnormality. If it doesn't stop within a week of starting OCP's and taking them every day as directed, then one would need to think of a polyp in the lining of the uterus or a fibroid. If this were the case a Hysteroscopy might be indicated.

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG

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