WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2000: Re: 12 Year Old with Heavy Periods

Re: 12 Year Old with Heavy Periods

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 9 Jul 2000 22:32:59 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Miche wrote: >
>My 12 year old daughter has now been having her period for 4 months. It
>comes about every 3 weeks and the 2nd and 3rd day is her heaviest. I
>have been concerned about the heaviness of her flow, but became
>extremely concerned today after she almost passed out this morning at
>church. Upon taking her to the bathroom, she was pale white. Is this
>possibly an anemic problem or possible something else. I am going to
>call her pediatrician but it will probably be a few days before I can
>get her in and I wondered if anyone else has had any experience with
>this.

Miche

This is certainly not totally normal. You need to do several things. First, take her to the ped, but he will probably send you to an ob. Second, make sure she is on a vitamin with some iron, and it would not hurt her to take some iron supplement on a regular basis (1 or 2 times a week). Third, I would have her take 2 aleve 3 times a day when her menses starts (a day before if possible). Continue this for 3-5 days into the menses. It will help the uterus contract more normally, and hopefully lead to less bleeding. She may need to be placed on some hormonal therapy for a while, but the referral ob will be better able to determine this. Good Luck

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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Editorial Advisor-Pregnancy and Birth
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.

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