WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2003: Re: 16 year old daughter having problems

Re: 16 year old daughter having problems

From: anon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:23:36 -0600 (CST)

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At Sun, 23 Mar 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>My daughter has had menstrual problems since she began at 11 years old.
>They have always been irratic, heavy and painful, but when she began to
>vomit during every period, she finally let me take her to the dr. She
>was referred to ob/gyn, who told her it's perfectly normal and
>prescribed a high dose birth control pill without even examining her.
>She's been on 3 different pills now and is still having the same
>problems with vomiting. We took her back to the dr and he gave her 3
>choices:

Vomiting and pain such as you describe is NEVER normal IMHO.

>
>1) referral to ob/gyn again for an exam...she wasn't keen on this
>because she's heard tons of horror stories from her friends

It's not so bad to have an exam as I am sure you know. Have you talked to her about the exams and what is done? Have her go to http://www.gyn101.com. It is a great site for those going through their first GYN exam.

>2) depo provera shots every 3 months to stop the bleeding...she liked no
>bleeding, but not the part about the shot

May not stop bleeding..in fact, may increase the bleeding.

>3) Prozac - which he said would stop the painful cramping - this was the
>one she chose.

What an antidpressant will do is make things easier for your daughter to cope, and hopefully lessening the pain. There is another mechanism of AD's that will help pain, but I am at a loss for that right now.

>
>How common these are in treating teenage girls and what side effects
>there might be.

As I said, DepoProvera may increase the bleeding.

There is a genetic component of Endometriosis, so it is highly possible, and the first thought I had for your daughter.

Your daughter would only have to worry about colon cancer or breast cancer if it was a first degree relative (you, her father, sister, brother)....at least where colon CA is concerned.

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