WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2007: Re: GENERAL: Am I too young for Hot Flashes?

Re: GENERAL: Am I too young for Hot Flashes?

From: Pat Sonnenstuhl (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:51:11 -0500 (CDT)

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Have you been evaluated for PCOS ? Seems like that would be the first order of business....screening, both with bloodwork, and with an ultrasounds. Your symptoms are classis....skipping periods and then having a heavy flooding one.

Continue to track your cycles very carefully, plotting them on a chart to show your GYN provider. This has nothing to do with your pap smears. It has to do with your hormones and hormone levels. You most likely are only ovulating the months you have a period.

PCOS is associated with weight gain, insulin resistance, diabetes, and eventual inability to get pregnant. So, it is important to get a correct diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

There is a lot of good support, and some good support forums, including on OBGYN.net.

At Sun, 17 Jun 2007, Iris wrote: >
>Hello. I'm 23 years old and have always had irregular periods. I would
>go months without even the hint of PMS or a period. Then all of a
>sudden I would get a very heavy period. In 1999 I went to the emergency
>room because of heavy bleeding and they gave me IV fluids. 4 years
>later I was put on Apri Birth Control pills and had regular periods.
>I've had one pap smear that came out normal the same day that I was
>prescribed the Apri and the Progesterone (to start my period). It's
>been 3 years since I was put on the Apri and everything was going fine.
>But yesterday I was sitting on my bed and suddenly I felt very hot and I
>started sweating all over and my hands felt clammy. It lasted about 20
>minutes. I did some research on hot flashes in young women and my
>symptoms seemed to match. Any advice I receive will be taken seriously.
>Thank you for your time.

-- Pat Sonnenstuhl, CNM, CHT

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