Pelvic Pain - Women's Health Message Board

dst336 · 12-23-2002, 03:01 AM

My daughter is 18, years old and is having horrible pelvic pain. She started her period at age 9 and had no problems until she was 16 years old. She now has excessive bleeding. She will have a cycle and bleed so bad she will have to change her tampon and pad every 45 minutes, and will bleed like that for about a week. Then she will spot for another week, and then she will stop for a week and then start all over again. She always has pelvic pain, except it worsens during the heavy bleeding. The doctors have run every test known to mankind on her and they are still not sure what the problem is. If anyone has any suggestions please feel free to contact me. She needs some relief.

Merrida · 12-23-2002, 05:11 AM

Uhm, get her to her GYN doctor immediately.

Her reproductive system is not something you want to WAIT on and/or mess with. I'd get her to the doctors IMMEDIATELY.

Blastoff9600 · 12-23-2002, 09:03 AM

Have they done a laposcopy(sp) on her. It is a minor sugery in which they can see her reproductive organs. It could be she has Endometriosis. It sounds like what my best friend went through(though her problems started right about the time she started her periods).
You can do a search for stuff like Endo101 and find more information. Also it helps to get more than one opinion. If you havent then find a gyno that specializes in problems like this. It might take some time to find the right one but they are out there.

dst336 · 12-24-2002, 12:02 AM

Yes, they did that and found nothing.

dgrace18 · 01-05-2003, 01:23 AM

It does sound like endometriosis. I was diagnosed last July during my 3rd lap, so even though they did that, don't rule it out. I hope she is better soon!