Re: Vaginal Bleeding
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 3 Aug 2002 21:33:13 +0200
Hi Emma,
First of all your cycle should be regulated. If you are not overweight, not hirsute, than PCOS is questionable. This should be tested for too.
As of colposcopy: it is only an examination (kind of low power microscopy of the cervix) so it won't seal anything. If they perform cautery, it can destroy the abnormal cells that cause the bleeding after intercourse. I am sorry to diappoint you, but it won't stop the pain.
Sam
> As a teeneager I started menstruating at 17 and suffered irregular
> periods. I read a great deal about PCOS and approached my GP on several
> occasions. I finally convinced him to refer me at the age of 21 -
> whilst waiting for the appointment I suffered a massive ruptured ovarian
> cyst, Bilateral PCOS was diagnosed. The offending ovary was redge
> re-sected and for a few months my periods where regular. I then started
> to suffer acne and irregular periods. I was put on Dianette and up
> until a year ago I had or no problems, that was 9 years ago.
>
> Present: I have now had 2 cervical smears that where inadeqate due to a
> cervical erosion said to caused by the Dianette and suffer bleeding for
> 2.5 weeks of my cycle, intercourse is traumatic - my partner is so
> loving and undestanding but everytime I bleed and I don't know what to
> do any more!. I have been told Colposcopy will seal the sensitive cells
> of the cervix that are sensitive and stop the bleeding - is this true?,
> and will it further effect my fertility?.
>
> I am 29, Fair, slim and non diabetic and non hirsute. Am I doing all I
> can to beat this horrible, frustrating syndrome.I want to have children
> in the next 3-5 years and am terrified I will be totally infertile by
> then.
>
> Please help me.
>
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