I have a relative who informed me that she's been bleeding EVERYDAY since 2003!!!What is her Affliction??

Question

She doesnt know,..nor does even the doctors know!
any ideas?

she's 49 years old

Answer 1

Is she overweight? That could be part of why. The longest I did was for seven months till I lost about twenty pounds. The doctor I'd seen said there were lots of cysts, but not the kind they usually do anything about and that weight loss would help.

Answer 2

Your relative suffers either from a hormone imbalance consequent to menopause, or tumors. Uterine bleeding is normally brought on by a cyclic decrease in estrogen and progesterone accompanied by cyclic increase in prostaglandin. It is normally cyclic because each buildup takes time, and leads to the next. If, however, levels remain all elevated, or all depressed, the cycle stops. When, after all levels decline sufficiently, a women has menopause - the cycle, the ovulation, and the bleeding stop for good. If, on the other hand, all levels remain high, as if stuck at the point in the cycle where bleeding occurs, the bleeding can be continuous, though not in great amounts.

Your relative needs blood tests of all hormone levels - estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, FSH, prostaglandin a and b, etc., and a scan of endocrine glands and organs - ovaries, pituitary, uterus, etc. There is bound to be some chemical or physical abnormality causing this,

Estrogen pills taken daily should stop it in any case.

Answer 3

She should go to the doctor and find out what's up. I had the same thing happen to me, I was bleeding for about two weeks, then it would stop for one day, then i would start all over again, then I went to the doctor and I found out that i had fibroids, and I had to have a hysterectomy. Fibroids are benign tumors that grow within the lining of the uterus. Mine was so big and I had so many that they were the cause of the heavy bleeding and lots of pain. Tell her to go to the doctor as soon as she can.

Answer 4

First has she had any medical tests? First one that come to mind is a D/C. The Dr. would be able to test the tissue to make sure she doesn't have uterine cancer. Bleeding everyday as you know is abnormal. Maybe she needs to change Dr.s, go see a gynecologist. There are medical procedures to stop this daily bleeding. She could also be anemic now, depending how much she is bleeding daily.

Answer 5

My mom bled for almost a year before we finally found a specialist in our area for women's health. She ended up having endometreosis (not sure on that spelling). She had a complete hysterectomy a few months after finding out. Have your friend find a doctor that will do exploratory surgery to determine what is wrong with her! That sounds like her only option right now.... Tell her not to give up, keep trying unitl she finds a GOOD doctor!

Answer 6

She is afflicted with a lack of going to see a doctor.

A lack of Vitamin K may also be involved. Or she may be on a blood thinner.

Answer 7

She needs to keep going to the Doctor till they resolve this, she might feel like a pain to them but it's the only way she'll get any help.

Answer 8

If this is a serious question (?) find a ob/gyn specialist. For bleeding this long, some dr. would have done surgery, even to explore, if necessary. Keep trying.

Answer 9

A friend of mine's daughter had a similar problem. She may have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) or a growth on one of her ovaries that they may be having difficulty seeing b/c her bladder was full when they did the x-ray.

Answer 10

She needs to see another doctor immediately