Re: 15 year old in alot of pain....
From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 18 Oct 2002 06:48:58 -0500 (CDT)
Difficult subject, how is the rest of the month? oral contraception and
pain killers usually works.
At Thu, 17 Oct 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>My daughter has had alot of problems with her menstrual cycles, which
>have caused her to vomit at least 1 day with each period, to go through
>3 tampons an hour when it's heavy and to cry from the pain she's been
>having. We finally talked her into going to the dr back in August.
>
>The ob/gyn told her that it's perfectly normal for teens and put her on
>tri-levlen in August. Since then, she hadn't stopped bleeding and had
>been vomiting for several nights in a row, so we took her back in. She
>was dehydrated, so yet another dr. put her on iv, gave her phenergen in
>the iv and also pills, and changed her pill to lo-ovral last month. She
>finally stopped bleeding last week, but was curled up in a ball on her
>bed the other night, crying because she was in so much pain. They told
>us that if this pill doesn't work, they'll try provera.
>
>We have an appt scheduled next week and I was wondering if I should ask
>about the possibility that it could be endometriosis/adenomyosis...they
>found both with me, during a hysterectomy done a year ago. I hate the
>thought of putting her through a laparascopy, but I also can't stand to
>see her in so much pain. I really would appreciate any suggestions or
>advice on this from the docs here and any ladies with similiar
>situations. Thank you all so much in advance for your help...everyone
>here is always so caring and wonderful...thanks again!
--
Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University
Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy
Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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