A 20-year-old member asked:
was given ortho tri-cyclen lo to regulate my periods. if not having periods when do you start taking it?
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Dr. Barbara A Majeronianswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Any Sunday: If you are not having periods, you can start it on any sunday,
make sure you are not pregnant. The urine pregnancy tests you can buy over the counter are pretty accurate.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
I have pain all the time and since the pain of endometriosis is usually just prior and during the menstrual cycle, is it possible that I have endometriosis?
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Dr. Alfredo Nievesanswered
Gynecology 40 years experience
Pelvic pain: Pain all the time could be secondary to different thi.G to i.Clude endometriosis. You proba ly started having pain with your periods and over time has become constant. A thorough evaluation by a pelvic pain specialist should be done in order to properly diagnose the pain.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Is there an optimum time during the menstrual cycle for performing the diagnostic laparoscopy?
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No: It can be done any time.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Can someone give me more info on estrogen withdraw? I am having severe joint pain before my cycle!
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Need more info: Starting a few days before your period starts to a few days into your period is when your estrogen levels are the lowest. Signs of estrogen withdrawl are hot flushes, migraine-like headaches. Joint pain can sometimes be caused by fluid retention which is typically due to progesterone, a hormone which is the highest right after you ovulate until a few days before your period starts.
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that may work. Also try using the nuvuring continuously so that you never go without a nuvuring inside. This will keep your hormones constant. You won't get a period.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
I had UTI and while I was getting treated I was bleeding a lot, like a normal period, but is that normal? I had my period a week before I had uti.
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Dr. Annette Fineberganswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 29 years experience
No: Treating a UTI should not cause vaginal bleeding. Sometimes a UTI can cause some blood in your urine but it is usually not heavy. It is possible the symptoms felt like a UTI but were from some other cause.
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A member asked:
Having abdomnal pain often my period has been late for tha last 4 mons one time I was a whole 16 days late.My period is only last 2 days is this a pro
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Dr. Michael Sworanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 40 years experience
Pain and bleeding: Pain and abnormal cycles signal a gynecological problem. Get checked promptly.
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