I've always had painful periods since i started having them.Last night though i woke feeling like my tummy was on fire.It was the most painful periods ever,i've been up since 230am crying because the pain was just too much to bear.I even thought of calling 999 and decided it wasn't that bad.Nway does any1 think i should see adoctor even though the pain's subsided incase there's something wrong with me?Or if anyone knows if this is just normal period pain or might be something else??Help please.
2006-12-14 19:14:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
I've just taken my daughter to the doctor for painful periods. They've gien her painkillers, which promise to help.
Periods should not control your life - they should be a minor inconveience, not a problem. Please make an appointment and see a doctor. They can help you.
2006-12-14 19:17:41 · answer #1 · answered by True Blue Brit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably have a common disease in women, endometriosis. It causes very painfull cramping, heavy and irregular periods, pain during ovulation, and eventually as the disease progresses you have pelvic pain almost everyday. If you do have this disorder, based on your symptoms of painfull periods, you would also get adhesion's and cysts that eventually will require surgery to remove. Go see your doctor ASAP and get checked out to see if you have this disease. And ask for narcotic pain meds like vicodin or Tylenol with codeine. Tell him or her that the pain is not going away with over the counter meds like Advil. At first they may try to give you a non-narcotic pain reliever (like Naproxen), and it will help some but they are useless for the severe pain associated with this disease. Good luck, I've been there!
2016-03-29 08:01:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sounds like me about three years ago. I went to doctor who diagnosed chlamidyia!!! Grrrrr! So annoyed (no, I was 100% sure I didn't haev it) I struggled on for three days and ended up being rushed to casulty screaming in pain.
Please go to your gp and don't leave until you are satisfied. I was eventually diagnosed with endometriosis (this is the correct spelling by the way) which has many symptoms including painful periods. To correct the previous answerer, dismenoriha (painful periods) is a symptom of endometriosis, not a milder form of it. All it means is painful period and can be a symptom of many different things, not a disease in its own right. Please go to gp.
I hope things turn out for you and you're not fobbed off.
2006-12-15 04:53:21 · answer #3 · answered by Cazza 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was younger I use to have terrible period pains, too the point I would be passing out with pain and I would be in bed for the first couple of days. I went to the doctor and was prescribed the contraceptive pill, which helped greatly. It also helped regulate my periods which were erratic. My advice would be got to the doctors, don't suffer.
2006-12-17 06:57:24 · answer #4 · answered by Deborah T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go and see your GP. You may have Endimetriosis (or the milder from Dismeneria). I suffer from the latter and have been diagnosed as also having polycystic ovaries which are very painful at the time of the month.
Dont suffer in silence, we experience pain so our bodies can tell us when something is wrong
2006-12-15 03:16:29 · answer #5 · answered by Sophia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can get an appointment in that socialist paradise try low dose birth control pills. You may have to try several different kinds before you find one that helps. Don't rule out the shot or other forms of hormone based birth control that will actually eliminate your period for longer stretches of time. Good luck, that can be brutal.
2006-12-14 19:34:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your new to having periods, then it may take a few months to settle. however a friend of mine always had bad stomach cramps, and unfortunately suffered like this when she had periods. it is normal for some people unfort. the best help would be a hot water bottle at night, some painkillers may help if it was that bad. there are tablets now for menstrual period that may help. if it becomes a regular thing, i would ask your doctors advice if there is anything stronger you could take that may help. hope this helps!!
2006-12-14 19:19:35 · answer #7 · answered by emzc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes see a doctor, a decent one will scold you for not seeing them
people go to the doctors all the time and say i have this tiny pain etc and it turns out to be something serious.
dont think this will make you a hypocondriac or look like one
real pain is a good a reason as any to seek help
2006-12-14 19:40:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i suffer from very painfull periods, they have got worse in my 30's, i now am incapable of living a normal life for 2-3 days a month, i also bleed so heavily i have to wear up to 4 st's in one go, i have been to docs as the blood loss has made me aneamic, he has just given me tabs to stop blood flow and also painkillers, anti inflamatry tabs are good, i also use the stick on heat patches that you attatch to ur clothes, they work a bit like deep heat and have now got one specially shaped for period pains
2006-12-14 19:49:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your pain is worse than normal the you should go see our doctor, he/she may be able to help with medication to alleviate your symptoms
2006-12-14 19:26:52 · answer #10 · answered by robert x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋