WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 2008: Re: MENORRHAGIA: Menstrual bleeding non stop since 2001

Re: MENORRHAGIA: Menstrual bleeding non stop since 2001

From: Toni (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:50:03 -0600 (CST)

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Dear Melissa, Two suggestions for you: fibroids, or von Willebrand's disease. I had very similar problems & suffered for 7 years also b4 finding a wonderful doctor who finally helped me. Fibroids can be found by a vaginal ultrasound - not a terribly fun test but quick & painless. Even the tiniest fibroid can cause massive bleeding if it's in just the wrong place.

Biggest thing tho is, get checked for von Willebrands - it is a bleeding disorder that I've learned is overlooked SOOO often by gyns. It causes my blood to take too long to clot, therefore every month was an extended nightmare. All it takes is a blood test to diagnose it, but it's a special blood test - it requires quite a few vials & two weeks (in my part of the country anyway) to get results. Too many gyns don't ever think to test for this, and women wind up having hysterectomies when a blood disorder is to blame! Best of luck to you...

At Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Melissa wrote: >
>My question is: aren't there any hormone levels that could be checked to
>see if they are out of whack BESIDES a TSH? My TSH is normal, but I have
>been bleeding VERY HEAVILY with huge clots nonstop for the last 5
>months. I've been on tricyclic BC pills for the last 4 months trying to
>help with no relief. We even tried 3 BC pills a day for a while, which
>slowed it down to a normal flow, but never stopped. I've had vag
>ultrasound and endomytrial collection with pathology results coming back
>neg.
>
>MY DOC wants to do hysteroscopy and D&C. Is there not any other
>bloodwork or any other diagnostic step before this outpatient
>surgery???????????????????????????????????? From what I read the d&c
>doesn't always stop the bleeding so then where do you go from there?????
>
>At Tue, 7 Oct 2008, Krystal wrote:
>>
>>I have been bleeding(Menstrual) almost non stop since 2001. I may have
>>one month per year that I don't bleed, but not four weeks together. A
>>week every now and then I don't bleed for about a total of one month. I
>>do not have any health insurance. I have huge blood clots that look
>>like liver that come out, and I feel faint. I do not have any pain. I
>>have been taking iron pills. Sometimes I feel like the iron pills make
>>the bleeding worse. I have been to free clinics, but all they can do is
>>give me birth control pills, which only work for a few days. I don't
>>have any children. I am only 27 years old. Please help ???

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