WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2002: Re: Irregular Bleeding

Re: Irregular Bleeding

From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:51:39 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Heather wrote: >
>I am a 25 year old female with a history of hypothyroidism. I had a
>emergency c-section in 94, durring which the child died. In 10/98 I had
>a miscarriage due to preecclampsia. In 10/98 I had a miscarriage. I
>have no living children. Through all of this my periods had been
>regular. In 11/99 I was put on .250 mg levoxyl. Unfortunately I lost
>my health insurance in 5/01, therefor I didn't have the perscription for
>my meds. About a month later I started experiencing VERY heavy period,
>but they became never ending. I have now been bleedind heavily
>(continuously) since then, with the exception of 1 ER visit at which
>they gave me a perscription (Provera) which stopped the bleeding for a
>month. In the ER they did a CBC. My PTT & PT were normal, but my MPV
>was low (7.1). All other blood counts were good. What can be causing
>the bleeding? What can a low MPV mean? Any help will be greatly
>appriciated.

You probably didn't ovulate that time,if repeats you have to be reevaluated.

-- Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol Buenos Aires Argentina

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