WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 2000: Re: Very Urget -Extremely Irregular periods

Re: Very Urget -Extremely Irregular periods

From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 2 Sep 2000 01:26:44 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Pujan wrote: >
>Hi, I am 23 yrs old and married one year ago and presently living in
>USA. I am having very irregular periods. I started having periods when
>i was in 8th grade and then for 4 yrs my periods were regular, but
>suddenly I started getting irregular periods. I consulted doctor and
>she did sonography too, but everything was normal. To get the periods
>regular i was on pills for quite some time. I used to take Ovral,
>Decdan(back in India).And when i use to take this pills I was getting
>regular periods. But After getting married doctor told me that now i
>don't need to take pills as sometimes the periods can get regular after
>marraige and so i stopped taking pills.

This is a new one! they can also get very non-existent if you get pregnant!

I didn't get periods for 6 >months and so i did blood test and thyroid test (in USA), but everything
>was normal and the doctor told that its just an imbalance of hormones,
>and then suddenly I started having periods for 7 days and again within
>15 days i had periods. Now its been 7 months and i am not having
>periods.I am extremely worried as I am not pregnant. The blood test,
>sonography, thyroid test is normal,but still i am not getting periods.
>In my family my aunt, two cousin sisters were having this same problem
>and they started having regular periods after their first child. So I
>want to know what should I do? What could possibly wrong ? Can i get
>this in heriditary? Or something else might be there. Please help me
>and give me some advice. Hoping for the quick response.
>Sorry for the long mail, I am just very much worried.

If you don't have a thyroid imbalance or high prolactin levels, you may have polycystic ovarian syndrome -- you need a complete gyn evaluation and may be best off if you see a reproductive endocrinologist

--
M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
South Lake Tahoe, CA

This information is for educational purposes only and does not construe a doctor-patient relationship. It does not replace the need for you to consult your own doctor.

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