YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for April, 2001: Re: Pain and spotting

Re: Pain and spotting

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 22 Apr 2001 10:31:32 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Barbara wrote: >
>I have been reading up on a lot of messages posted in this forum and
>they have really better prepared me to ask a better question.
>On two separate occasions recently, my boyfriend gave me oral sex which
>included using his finger and tongue. While it felt pleasurable when he
>used his tongue, I could not entirely say the same of his finger.
>Although,he knew where to stimulate my G-Spot, he did cause a sharp pain
>a few times when he tried to move his finger inside me. I would not
>know for sure if this was normal or if I had endometriosis(my
>understanding of endo is that there would be some tissue growth inside
>of me) to cause the pain in the first place.
>I am still a virgin as we had not tried full penetration before (also
>because I could feel very sharp pain when we tried to ).
>Then, on both occasions, I would see blood on my panties. What I
>understand is that we could also call this spotting. This would last
>for about four to five days. I knew that it was not my period as I have
>had mine just a week before during the first time that I spotted.
>The second time that it happened, I went to see a general practitioner
>and she had prescribed bcp for me. Her advice was it is normal, maybe
>due to stress, and asked me to complete the 21-day bcp routine. My
>period would return to normal soon after that. Her medical conclusion
>was that I may be experiencing from irregular period (can this be
>possible as all this happened withn 28 days).
>Here I would want to seek a second opinion and confirm if it was not
>endo. Thank you.
>
>--
>Barbara
>

Barbara

I doubt this is endo. It grows inside the pelvic cavity, not the vagina. I would guess this is from pain due to you being a virgin and the hymen not being stretched. As he swept his finger around, this probably stretched the hymen and possibly caused a tear in it that bled.

--
William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Editorial Advisor-Pregnancy and Birth
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.

*Please understand I can not respond to private emails.

*These comments are for educational purposes only.  They are
not meant to take the place of an examination by a qualified
health care provider.  They are not intended to be the start
of a physician-patient relationship.

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