who is 17 has been on the pill for the last six months her periods seem to last 3 weeks in a month she has been to her doc but told her she cant change her pill as she has astma
2007-07-30 20:42:07 · 10 answers · asked by astra 5 in Health ➔ Women's Health
When you are taking birth control pills then you are not actually having your period anymore...what you are having is bleeding which is brought on by the break in hormones when on the sugar pills. You will only bleed for a few days in the break. If your daughter is bleeding for weeks in a cycle of pills then there is something wrong...it is not normal. If she is on the progesterone only pill, she may have spotting for a while, which is different than bleeding. If you are concerned, check in with another doctor, nurse or midwife for information specific to your daughter.
2007-07-30 20:56:51 · answer #1 · answered by Midwife Jane 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i believe your daughter has got some problems with her hormones, she may be having some hormonal imbalance of some sort courtesy of the drugs or pills that she's been on. I've got this in-law of mine who had similar problems with the duration of her period, it hardly comes at all, sometimes spanning into months but when it finally comes it lasts for a whole 2 weeks and what a rush it would be! She finally got to see a gynecologist who recommended that she take some tests which confirmed that she had a high level of prophylactic [or something] which was higher than it should normally be thus obstructing the normal course of her menstrual cycle.
Don't fret, it's easily correctable and she'll be fine in no time at all.
Good Luck.
2007-07-31 04:28:45 · answer #2 · answered by buzor 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If she is on a combined pill (2 hormones) then no this is not normal and the pill should, ideally, be changed. If, however, she is on a mini pill (one hormone) then yes this is perfectly normal and should settle down in time. If after a year or so it still hasn't and she is finding it difficult to live with then press for another brand.
Either way, prolonged bleeding will not harm her in anyway as long as the pill is the reason for it and it doesn't have a more sinister cause.
2007-07-31 03:54:01 · answer #3 · answered by samsam 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is breakthrough bleeding and it can act a lot like a menstrual period. Sometimes it can occur because the dosage of hormone in the medication itself is too low for the body to handle.
This is definitely not normal and I would recommend getting another opinion from a doctor that does not share the same office of the doctor she currently sees.
You mentioned that she has asthma I would recommend checking with the doctor that treats her asthma as well to see what they say about this issue to see if one of the meds she uses for her asthma could be playing in to this. Sometimes steroids can cause this bleeding if it has to be stopped for a time (learned this from my gynecologist when she asked me about this one time) and also thought I experienced something like this a couple weeks ago with a medicine I took for my bronchitis.
2007-07-31 05:21:05 · answer #4 · answered by sokokl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure that this is normal but would like to know myself. I used to be on the pill and have my period for a month and even over? but it all went back to normal for me after a while, but i no longer am on the pill
2007-07-31 03:53:39 · answer #5 · answered by md 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HI, there's other options besides the pill, for example there is the patch, implant and sometimes there better for young people because they can forget to take the pill at the right time..
hope this helps, good luck
2007-07-31 03:58:07 · answer #6 · answered by twinklestar 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your daughter should enquire about getting the coil fitted, i had to do this for the same reasons as your daughter and my doctor reccomended the Minera Coil because the hormones that it releases are only released around the pelvic area unlike other coils where they travel through your blood stream, since getting the coil fitted my periods have become almost non-existent and i havent had any bother what so ever with my asthma since having it put in.
the other good factor is that it doesnt have to be changed for 5 years but you can have it removed at any time.
hope this helps.
2007-07-31 17:50:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister is 16 and has long periods, it comes at random times, etc. Her friend also has this, her friends mother had it also when she was younger. She probably might have problems when shes older, like not being able to have children.
2007-07-31 03:53:41 · answer #8 · answered by Calle la Ocha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some women just cannot take the pill, without experiencing this sort of 'side effect'. Your daughter might me one of them.
2007-07-31 03:52:21 · answer #9 · answered by jet-set 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the opinion of the dr.? Follow it.
2007-07-31 05:23:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋