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Re: GYNECOLOGIC: bleeding during sex

From: cab (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun May 18 19:26:06 2008

Can you recomend a type of BC? I am on tri-sprintec (the generic version of ortho trycyclen low), but I am switching to microgestin.

>
>Possibly. I have had some that stop after changing pills, or having
>pregnancies. Others continue with the bleeding...Dr. von Almen
>
>At Sun, 18 May 2008, cab wrote:
>>
>>Dr. vonAlmen
>>Thank you for your explanation. That is similiar to what my doctor
>>described to me. Will this problem eventually go away? I am still young
>>and I would like to be able to have a normal sex life! I have gone to
>>the gynecologist annually since I began having sex, I have always been
>>careful when choosing partners/using protection. I have done everything
>>right and so far I have experienced no problems. >>

>>>CAB
>>>Because the cervix is an organ that is constantly rebuilding, it has the
>>>tendency to become very engorged with blood vessels and immature tissue.
>>>It can then bleed very easy. It is not a true infection. Some say it
>>>is hormonal changes, but we all have groups of women that have very
>>>freely bleeding cervices. The old gynecologists used to burn them, but
>>>I am not sure that helped any more than just watching them...Dr. von
>>>Almen

>>>>
>>>>Can you please describe chronic cervicitis? I do not understand how I
>>>>could get this - I have never had an STD or even a yeast infection. I
>>>>got the gardisil shot this past year.
>>>>Is this something that will last for life?
>>>>>
>>>>>CAB
>>>>>
>>>>>If pap and cultures are negative, this may just be chronic cervicitis
>>>>>and there is not much you will be able to do about this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I am 26 years old and I have recently begun to suffer from bleeding
>>>>>>during intercourse - not after, just during. I do not experience any
>>>>>>pain. My boyfriend is not particularly large. I was not a virgin
>>>>>>before I met him and I never experienced this problem before. I have
>>>>>>been sleeping with my boyfriend for about a year and a half. The first
>>>>>>time it happened was a couple months ago - I didn't think much of it
>>>>>>because I had not taken my birth control right that week and I figured
>>>>>>my period came early. It happened again recently and I could not think
>>>>>>of any reason. I went to my doctor and she was unable to find anything
>>>>>>wrong with me. All of my paps have been normal, I do not have an STD or
>>>>>>an infection and I have never been pregnant. I am on the pill. She
>>>>>>used a large cutip to poke my cervix lightly and it immediately started
>>>>>>to bleed. She used silver nitrate to cover the area and told me I have
>>>>>>nothing to be worried about. Is this normal? Do I need to have
>>>>>>additional tests done? I am scared to have sex again and I find this
>>>>>>extremely embarrasing and gross.
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>> Note: Opinions expressed here are for educational purposes
>>>>> only and, as such, do not constitute a physician-patient
>>>>> relationship. This information is not intended to supplant
>>>>> the need for you to consult with your physician prior to
>>>>> choosing therapeutic options and/or interventions.
>
>--
> Note: Opinions expressed here are for educational purposes
> only and, as such, do not constitute a physician-patient
> relationship. This information is not intended to supplant
> the need for you to consult with your physician prior to
> choosing therapeutic options and/or interventions.
> ** Private emails cannot be entertained due to time
> constraints; consequently, they will receive no response.
>
>William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
>Private Practice
>New Orleans, La.
>



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