Dr. Helen Sandland
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Morristown, TN, Canada
39 years experience female
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Morristown, TN
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Languages spoken
English
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70 Answers
28 Agrees
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Helen Sandlandanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
VERY SLIM!: Less than one in a thousand. MANY women have fibroids--any they usually are no problem. SOMETIMES thy are the cause of heavy periods, but unless the... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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It can: ANY virus can make you feel like you are "coming down with something"--so feeling a little under the weather or having something like burning in your ... Read More
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A member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
No: Periods can be bright red if bleding is heavy or fresh, and can be dark rusty colored if light, or just the last days. As long as your periods are RE... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
2-6 weeks: Depending on where your ovaries are in your cycle and how regular you usually are, most women will have their period within 6 weeks---remember that yo... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
How short?: Short cervix only matters when it comes to pregnancy. If cervix is < than 2.5 cm long, there is increased risk of prematurity. Your OB can check fo... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
External irritation: You can get urinary symptoms after a period if you used sanitary napkins and have any chafing of the vulva, or just form the ph change in the vagina a... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Varies: Were you put on the pill to regulate you to start with--of so then you will go back to having irregular or no periods (this is not due to the pill---t... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Not yet: Many women may be late on occasion due to many reasons. As long as you have a negative pregnancy test, you can ride it out for 3 months. If no perio... Read More
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A 64-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Maybe: Any time you reduce or stop estrogen you can have estrogen withdrawal bleeding. Because of you age, however, it is recommended that you at least get ... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Varies: The typical scenario is that with your first baby you will really start to show when you are 18-22 weeks. With your second baby you are in maternity ... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
No: One year is too far removed to think it is due to your c. Section. Make sure you are getting pap smears. Sometimes a cervical ectropion can cause br... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
No difference: Miscarriage is very common--up to 25 % -especially now that women are doing pregnancy tests if they are a day late. The pill does not increase you ri... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Check for pregnancy: If you are sexually active & not using an effective contraception, you first need to see if pregnant, since a missed ectopic is very serious.
If not... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Varies: With all the information we now have about hpv--we know if you test negative for hpv , you can safely go 2-3 yrs before another pap needed. Most dy... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
No short ans.: After a cryo procedure you can have watery brown discharge for 4-6 weeks! after 3 weeks it should be less each week. If you have foul odor, then you... Read More
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A 64-year-old female asked:
Dr. Helen Sandlandanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Maybe: Any time you reduce or stop estrogen you can have estrogen withdrawal bleeding. Because of you age, however, it is recommended that you at least get ... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
None: Masturbation is healthy--you won't grow hair on your hands or lose your eyesight! the only way it would be risky is if you do it in public, or with m... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Many: Usually fibroids are small & cause no problems, and do not require treatment. It is rare for them to be cancerous. Most common symptom is heavier pe... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
You don't: Nabothian cysts are present in almost all women. Sometimes they can get large--but usually they are just little tiny mucus cysts, and require no trea... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Go ahead: if you are cramping, you are likely about to start yor period--but pregnancy tests are cheap and accurate---and you can repeat in a few days if you st... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Follow up ultrasound: I expect your doctor will ask for a follow up ultrasound in a week to ten days. In the meantime--cautious optimism--but I wouldn't go out with the p... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
NO.: His penis would have to be at entrance or IN the vagina.
Get checked for UTI. You cannot get pregnant with oral sex!
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
See a doctor: If this pain has been going on for some time, and you have a negative pregnancy test then it is unlikely you are pregnant, but you need to be examined... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
No: we count from the FIRST day of your last NORMAL menstrual period. Many women do not keep track, and often an ultrasound is done when you are about 9-... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Unlikely pregnant: your most fertile time is 14 days prior to the onset of your period. If your flow is normal, it is VERY unlikley you are pregnant. If you feel you m... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
See doctor: there are many things this could be. Herpes can cause bllisters and be cyclical, and boils can happen. You need someone to look at it WHILE it is th... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Not due to pregnancy: you said you were more exhaustd than usual, and if tired you may not have been paying attention to the walking terrain, and rolled your ankle. Hopefu... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Do a test!: If you take the pill faithfully, it is unlikley you are pregnant--but it CAN happen--so just do a pregnancy test--but keep taking the pill! If posti... Read More
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A female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
? ovulation bleed: sometimes women will have a regular flow , then 2 weeks later have a day or two of lighter bleeding, which could be due to the slight drop of estrogen... Read More
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A 54-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Ultrasound and colon: Bladder area pain needs to have infection ruled out and possible interstitial cystitis needs to be checked. Goes hand in hand with vulvodynia--but al... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Track cycle: there r many on line menstrual charts you can print out. Menstrual cycle starts on DAY ! of your period until the last day before your next period-so... Read More
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A male asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Yes. No.: Yes you can masturbate. There MAY be some discomfort when you ejaculate (cum), but usually after you have been on antibiotics for a couple of days, ... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Watch it for now: You may have just irritated the labia with underwear, or clothing, or pressure during exercise (?bicycling), and it is swelling. Try a bath in Epsom ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
TAKE A TEST!: Pregnancy tests are cheap! Do one! Pain associated with lack of periods always makes us worry about ectopic (tubal) pregnancy. Unprotected interc... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
24-72 hour: You actually can bleed but not e it on your panties--many times i will tell a woman she is starting her period, because i see blood in the upper vagin... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
No: You may read that you can take black cohosh, but it is not proven effective and imo, any substance that you take to effect a change in your body is a ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Hot flashes: You mean by "partial" that you still have your ovaries, which will keep working until menopause. You may experience hot flashes or sweating--when eve... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
No short ans.: When you say you have "regular stomach cramps"--why do you consider stomach cramps to be "regular" if you have a bit of a cramp before a bowel moveme... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Hormonally: Really, only birth control pills (or ring or Mirena (levonorgestrel) iucd), can shorten periods.
Some say that taking nsaids can shorten and light... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Yes: If you have a headache or some trouble sleeping, you can take tylenol (acetaminophen) pm as the package insert says. If you need to take this medicat... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
The gyn wants me to have a hysterectomy for fibroids and i still want children. so what should i do?
Dr. Helen Sandlandanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Second opinion: Many women have small fibroids that do not interfere with their pregnancies at all. The mere presence of a fibroid does not mean you must have surger... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
No: As long as you take your pill at about the same time every day--you will be fine. We try to get women to take it at a time they are doing another we... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
It's OK: If you have stopped your Percocet, you don't need to worry. Ongoing narcotic use--we worry about neonatal abstinence syndrome--withdrawal.
It would b... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Helen Sandlandanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
YES: There are over a hundred types of HPV, and they are considered highly transmissable, even after one encounter with an indiviual who has the virus.
Th... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
No: this would be exceedingly rare --I have not seen in it in 30 years. Only sexual injuries I have seen is when TOYS are used. I am assuming sex betwee... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Maybe: the normal pH of the vagina is quite acidic, and sperm is alkaline, so ejacuatlion can cuase a change inthe pH balance that can make yeast more likely... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Do a test: If you are having unprotected sex, then first off do a pregnancy test. If flow continues, then see your doctor to make sure there is definitely no pr... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
No--but can happen: Depo is one of those drugs you love if your periods are gone or light, but you hate if you bleed all the time.
It 's very unlikely you'd be pregnant ... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Usually fine!: The uterus is not typically standing upright--it can lay tilted forward or backwards so the IUD can look a little crooked Is this back pain SINCE IUD... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Obstetrics and Gynecology 39 years experience
Yes: This is a wonderful drink---waaaaay better than drinking soft drinks and caffeine. Adults don't really have to worry about botulism!
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Sandland is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Sandland is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, if I am pregnant this would be first for a light flow like this,something is just off and I am emotional a lot. Thank you though
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Thank you, your quick reply made me feel good! Thank you I appreciate you taking time to answer me
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thank you very much. I had computer problems last night
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Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Medicine, NL
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