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holly z asked in HealthWomen's Health · 1 decade ago

bleeding to death help!!!!!?

I am 30yrs old I have had regular periods until about a year half ago I started having very long periods that would last 40 to 90 days that are very heavy change my tampon or pad every hour large blood clots that are the size of an orange I have been seeing my family doc and he has no clue what is causing my heavy periods i have had pelvic ultrasounds that came back with no cyst that the ultra sound showed i am healthy my doc tried birth control pills to help stop the bleeding but didn't do anything to stop the bleeding just made me feel very sick with the large amount of blood loss i am now severe anemic my family doc sent to to see a gynecologist and he also said that there is nothing wrong I feel there is I don't know what to do I'm so sick of having to change my tampon every hour it affects my work and daily life to ware i wake up some mornings in a pool of blood since i didn't get up every hour .I would like some advice on what to do ? I live in a small town and I have no insurance My bf thinks I should go to the er and see what they will do to help stop it since my doc's haven't done anything that worked

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my family doc put me on 220mg ferrous sulfate elixir(liquid iron) 3 times a day 500 mg vitamin C 2 times a day and provera 1 a day for 10 days on my last visit 11-4-10 I have tried provera before it works for 3-7 days to stop it then it starts right back up obgyn doc said a d n c wouldn't help

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Then go.

    Probably endometriosis. I had it. Periods would come 2-3 times a month and stay for 6 days.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Small town doctors often forget a lot of the rare medical conditions out there because they NEVER SEE THEM in their ENTIRE career as a medical practitioner!!! I think you should find a different doctor, perhaps one in a bigger town/city.

    Honestly, I had a somewhat similar problem... bleeding for three months straight like Niagara falls, stopping for a week, and then going for two months straight...

    When I went to the OBG/YN, they put me on a drug called Provara. It's not birth control by any means, but it straightened me out. I've been on it for a month and I haven't noticed any changes in my body at all, except one: I now cramp, whereas when I was bleeding constantly I never had a single cramp.

    Here's what I would do, were I in your shoes right now:

    Until you are diagnosed: Eat foods with a lot of iron. Iron helps your bone marrow produce more red blood cells at a faster rate, which gives you more energy and helps nourish your cells. Things like beef, ham, chicken and broccoli have high iron content. There are also iron pills out there that you can take if you think you're not getting enough from your diet. Drink a lot of water, as you are loosing HUGE amounts of fluids and could very easily get dehydrated, which could complicate the matter even further.

    Short term: Go to the ER. If they can't find anything wrong with you or what they try doesn't work, go to a different ER for a second opinion. You have a very serious medical condition and it should be treated immediately. Also, pinpoint when this started. Compare your lifestyle now to when it started, and then compare both of those to six months before it started. Note any and all changes, and bring them up to everybody and anybody in the medical field who will listen.

    I hope I helped some!

    Source(s): Medical shows (Mystery Diagnosis, various ER-related shows)
  • 1 decade ago

    Firstly please get a diet high in iron. You're anemic, so you'll need that.

    I don't think the ER can do much to treat you. Unless, you're losing a lot of blood (severely anemic) and developed significant symptoms (fainting, dizziness, palpitations etc), they might then transfuse some blood. For proper treatment you'll still need hospital admission and sufficiently investigated.

    Try a different gynecologist for second opinion. Explain how serious this condition has been for you so that they won't take it lightly.

    Source(s): Med student
  • 1 decade ago

    If I were in your position, I would've switched doctors LONG ago. There is obviously something not right with your body, and it needs to be diagnosed. As another question said, eat foods with lots of iron. I'm not sure what else to tell you about that, though. :/

    Something you could do at night so you don't wake up in a pool of blood is to wear adult diapers. I know that sounds ridiculous, but it honestly might help. My friend has extremely heavy periods, obviously not that heavy, but she admitted that she sleeps with adult diapers on and she rarely wakes up with any leakage. :]

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  • 1 decade ago

    Since the gyno didn't find anything, I would go see an endocrinologist. It sounds like it could be something hormone-related, or endometriosis like the first person said...endocrinologists deal with both of those things.

  • 1 decade ago

    get some ibuprofen, take 3 pills 3x a day for 3 consecutive days. dont skip any or take any fewer than that. it stopped my period on the third day but make sure you take all. this was recommended to me by a nurse after 1 month of a nonstop period.

    Source(s): personal experience
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    1 decade ago

    Clearly there is something wrong, your doctor is not a good one. Either change doctor or as your b/f says go to er though it's not an emergency.

  • 1 decade ago

    Try a different doctor they must be able to help you, that's their job

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