Re: GYNECOLOGIC: bleeding during sex
From: cab (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon May 19 06:08:58 2008
TY for your help. If anyone else has any recomendations please let me
know. I realize that this is not a life threatening condition and
therefore my doctor and others do not take it seriously. However, it
does effect my life both physically and emotionally. It is hard enough
to form a relationship with someone without complications such as a
'bleeding cervix' that is incurable. I have read other blogs from women
going through the same thing and we all seem to agree that this affects
our lives in a very negative way. I'd appreciate all the help I can get
- I don't think I am capable of just living with this at such a young
age.
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>It is trial and error at best. Monophasic dosing is a good bet...Dr.
>von Almen
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>>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.
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>>>Possibly. I have had some that stop after changing pills, or having
>>>pregnancies. Others continue with the bleeding...Dr. von Almen
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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.
>>>>>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...
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>>>>>>Can you please describe chronic cervicitis? I have never had an STD or even a yeast infection. I got the gardisil shot this past year.
>>>>>>>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.
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>>>>>>> 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.
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