WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2001: Re: tiredness and blood loss

Re: tiredness and blood loss

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:46:23 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 6 Jun 2001, clare wrote: >
>I am 38 years old, had two benign ovarian tumors and my right ovary
>removed a year ago, and some sort of DUB which I am under my gyn's care
>for. My serum ferritin is down to 11 ug/L but my hemoglobin and
>hematocrit are still inside the normal levels. The first few days of
>heavy bleeding are always accompanied by extreme tiredness, (much worse
>than the tired I feel normally) and when I asked my gyn why he said it's
>probably PMS. When I read about PMS it says that the symptoms are
>before the bleeding starts and they go away once the bleeding has begun.
>Is this PMS or perhaps my body's way of dealing with the heavy blood
>loss? Is there anything I can do for it, as it really inteferes with my
>daily function? Thank you.
>
>--
>csheedy
>

It is more than likely associated with the bleeding. You can either go on contraceptive pills, which will lessen the amount of flow or you can begin taking aleve or advil prior to the onset of the bleeding an continue them through the period-this will tend to lessen the flow as well... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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