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Cookiepieces Newbie  Posts: 3 |
posted 02-12-2001 01:13 AM
  
Hi, I have not had a period in almost 2 years, and had one last month...was wondering what the causes could be? thank you...all. IP: Logged |
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imaslik1 Newbie Posts: 2 |
posted 09-09-2003 05:44 PM
well i haven't had my period in 3 years and suddenly my breasts felt really tender like i was going to get my period i went to my gyno and he said don't be surprised if you get your period next week and if you do that is not normal and call the office immediately well i got it and called i am now going for a pelvic sonogram i also have fibroids will let you know what the results are when i find them out IP: Logged |
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rainonwindow Senior Member Posts: 129 |
posted 09-09-2003 10:27 PM
You need to get it checked. It can be a sign of cancer. My mom went a over a year without a period and then started bleeding. Turned out it was cervical cancer. IP: Logged |
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Lindarella Senior Veteran  Posts: 883 |
posted 09-09-2003 10:28 PM
There are many causes of postmenopausal bleeding, and the most common is hormone replacement therapy. Women who are taking hormone replacement therapy very often may develop PMB because the uterine lining is very sensitive to estrogen, which promotes growth of the endometrium, just as it does in the normal reproductive cycle that was operative prior to menopause. Lack of estrogen, on the other hand, may cause atrophy of the lining, and in this condition, the blood vessels of the uterine lining become so fragile because of estrogen lack that they spontaneously break and then bleed. Polyps and fibroids are common benign growths that develop in the uterine cavity. The former is most often associated with irregular light spotting, staining or actual light bleeding. The latter may also present this way, but in fact may be associated with much heavier bleeding. Overgrowths of the uterine lining are called "hyperplasias", may be the cause of abnormal post-menopausal bleeding, Some specific types are associated with a malignant potential. About 20 % of true post-menopausal bleeders may have cancer of the endometrium (the uterine lining)
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