I would like to know if any other menopausal ladies or post-menopausal ladies ever had bright red bleeding occur during menopause? I have not had a period of any sort in 5 years (I am 53) and now all of a sudden I started bleeding. It is not heavy, but I'm kind of surprised. I just had a cortizone shot in my knee a week ago. Could the steroids in the cortizone cause this? Thank you.
2006-11-18 07:33:00 · 2 answers · asked by summer-rain 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
To add.... I just had a PAP test and test for cervical cancer in Aug. of this year and it was normal.
2006-11-20 12:02:30 · update #1
If you haven't had a period for five years and now you are bleeding, this is a "change" that a GYN needs to look into. Since your last pap was normal, this is hopefully a big nothing, but bright red bleeding in a post menopausal woman is something a doc needs to evaluate. Good luck!
2006-11-25 14:56:30 · answer #1 · answered by gizfish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
steroids do throw off hormone levels. My concern is you have not had a menses in 5 years, it is the bright red color. No menses should be that red. If you had not had a menses in 5 years, I would be expecting some old blood to drain out. When was the last time you had a yearly done? I would really get that looked into.
2006-11-18 16:29:19 · answer #2 · answered by Linda G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋