I had a period one week and skipped a week then started again I have never done this before?

Question

The second time i was on my period the normal amount of time but now i'm like spotting and passing clots after using the bathroom. It's been about 4 days since i've been "off" but i've still had spotting and the clots. I'm not sexually active so it wouldn't pertain to that. If I went to the doctor what could he do for this he couldn't run a papsmear cause as i said i'm not sexually active and would not want one. Is this normal? How can i make it stop?

Answer 1

Everyone's cycle is different. Perhaps you have a hormonal imbalance. In my experience, hormones will cause a variety of problems like irregular cycles, heavy cycles (passing of clots), longer than 7 day cycles. There are also other things like stress and diet.

Another thing could be the products you are using. If you are using tampons 100% of the time, you are not allowing the clots to pass as they would if you used pads. I used to alternate between tampons during the day and pads at night. This seemed to allow the clots to pass in a timely fashion and my periods quit lasting beyond 10 days.

Without knowing more, I cannot suggest anything more than this. My hormone problems, which caused all of the cycle problems, were the result of ovarian cysts. I'm not saying that is your problem, but you could possibly ask your Dr. to check your hormones. I had hormonal problems from my very first period in my teens. It's never too early to have hormone problems.

Hope you figure it out. Constant periods are horrible. They are such an inconvenience. Hope everything works out okay.

Take care.

Answer 2

It doesn't matter if you are sexually active or not the doctor will do a pap because of abnormal bleeding. A pap smear has nothing to do with whether you are sexually active of not. You need to go get checked out. It may just be hormones, but if it is something more serious you'll want to catch it now instead of later.

Answer 3

stress?