Re: Menstruation Problems
From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 29 Sep 2002 22:51:52 -0500 (CDT)
Purani
You need to be on a regular hormonal therapy to regulate the cycle and
to stop the heavy bleeding. It can be a contraceptive pill,
progesterone pills taken intermittently or depoprovera injections. You
need something.
t Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Purani NoLastName wrote:
>
>Dear Sir/Madam,
>
>My other problem is my period, ever since I was a young girl I would skip
>my period, sometimes I would get it like 6 or 7 times for the year. I went
>to a doctor when I was fourteen (the first time it happened and he put me on
>a one month pill and said I am fine). Wheneve I get my period it would last
>from 3 - 6 days. However, from last year I am getting it like four months,
>skip four months etc, the problem is that when I get it after four months I
>get it like for a long time, the last time I got it in the latter part of
>January and it ended quite in april. (It is not continuosly, but i get it
>everyday).
>
>Since April when it stopped I got it on monday of this week, it still has
>not stopped and I am afraid that It may continue for another couple of
>months. (I should mention that the first time it happened I went to see a
>woman doctor, and it took me almost four hours to see her and she only saw
>me for about 2 minuetes (I am not exaggerating the time here) and she told
>me that I have this problem because I am overweight and that when I lose
>weight this problmem would go. She was very nasty to me and I don't want
>to see another doctor. (and she was a female doctor). I have always been a
>bit chubby, but not fat, it is only the past couple of years that I have
>put on so much weight).
>
>When I get my period, it comes in clot and it is a lot. I noticed that
>when I don;'t take prednisolone that I don't get it as much, try as I can I
>can;t do without the prednisolone, I am very sich, coughing all night,
>wheezing, tight chest, you name it. I end up taking both prednisolone and
>the inhaler (salabutamol).
>
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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board
Pregnancy and Birth Section
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.
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