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Teen age daughters prolonged menstrual cycleFrom: Dee (anonymous@obgyn.net)Fri, 11 Sep 1998 20:24:04 -0500 (CDT)
My daughter will be 16 in about 2 months. She only started having periods about 4 months ago, at 15 1/2 yrs. I believe participating in competitive gymnastics and also being very small and thin probably delayed it somewhat...she quit gymnastics about 1 year ago. She is 5 feet 1 inch and about 95-99 pounds. She seemed to have no problems except for some cramping with her first couple of cycles. Then her third cycle came within 2 weeks of her second. Each cycle lasted about 3 days, a week at the most. I do realize girls just starting this stage of their lives are often irregular. But her last cycle concerned me. It lasted 12 full days, with fairly heavy bleeding (like you expect the first couple of days) throughout the 12 day period. She experienced a great deal of cramping and pain throughout this 12 day period of time. She has no exeptional medical history except being ANA positive at 1:160 tested because of younger sister having lupus and she was going through a period of unexplained fatigue, joint pain, and URIs. She has had no history of any gynecological problems, and is not sexually active. Is this normal for a girl just starting out? I don't ever remember bleeding for so long...and frankly it kind of scared her too. It has stopped now and she seems back to normal. Should I be concerned and should I do anything at this time?
-- Dee
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