WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for February, 2000: Re: unexplained changes in breasts

Re: unexplained changes in breasts

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:11:26 -0600 (CST)

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At Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Victoria wrote: >
>I am twenty and have been on birth control pills for at least five years
>now for regulation and painful periods. I have been pretty normal since
>switching to Ortho-Tricyclen two years ago. I do not miss pills at all.
>This past month my breasts nearly doubled in size and were heavy and
>swollen but not tender or painful. I became very sick to my stomach in
>the mornings and became fearful that the pill may have failed. My
>period started a day early and lasted a day later than usual, but after
>the initial hour it was lighter than normal and was almost spotting. I
>have looked in every medical book I can find and cannot locate an
>explaination. I can't be pregnant can I? I did a home test at my aunts
>insistance the day before my period, but of course it was negative. I
>am quite worried about this. My breasts have reduced in size but are
>still very abnormal. There are no lumps or other abnormalities, just
>size.
>
>Thank you for your time and consideration,
>
>--
>Victoria
>

For a variety of reasons, people respond differently to the same medication they've been on for years. Go figure!

Possible to be pregnant? Always. Repeat the HPT.

As for the breast symptoms, give it a month or two assuming it is both sides and no lumps.

Bodies absorb varying amounts for various reasons ans "stress" in all it's forms can override the pill hormonally.

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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