WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 1999: Re: abnormal bleeding

Re: abnormal bleeding

From: Patti Tessler, FNP (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 24 Sep 1999 13:14:53 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Cheyla wrote: >
>Hi, I'm 20 years old and I have a normal monthly cycles and two weeks
>ago, as normal, I had my monthly period and today I am bleeding again
>more heavier than when I normally have my period. This is the first
>time such a thing has happened. I'm not taking birth control pills and
>the only medications I am on is for my asthma. There hasn't been any
>major medical problems except for chronic back pain which I have
>episodes of every four months or so that occured all day yesterday which
>I don't think is connected to this since they seem to be unrelated.
>Yesterday, along with the back pain, I felt like the insides of my
>abdomen were being ripped apart but I thought it was because of the back
>pain. I have noticed that after sex I have the same sharp, stabbing
>pain in the right side of my abdomen that doesn't allow me to move and
>hurts until I take some type of pain killer like Motrin. I'm not
>sexually active now so I know that the cause for this bleeding is not
>from that. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated.

Dear Cheyla,

Pain with intercourse, and pain "like the insides of [your]abdomen were being ripped apart" are both symptoms that deserve an examination, including a urine analysis. The bleeding may or may not be related to your symptoms, but the pain begs for an appointment, hopefully within the week.

--
Patti Tessler, BSN, MSN, RN, CS
Family Nurse Practitioner

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