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A member asked:

Why does blood only show up on one side of my tampon?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Uneven Absorption: The tampon doesn't always absorb tissue & fluid evenly.

Dr Munshower and another doctor agreed

Answered 12/3/2020

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A member asked:

Why would I have a severely heavy period after not having one since august. I am using super plus absorbency tampons and they are only good for 30-45 minutes and this has now been going on for 6 days with a lot of blood clots.

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A member asked:

I have a HIV ... i think .. i am freaking out ... i slept with a girl when i was drunk i did put a condom ... then took it off ... later the next day i found her tampon full of blood ... it was a one night thing now she went away i dont know her status ..

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A member asked:

Im soaking through a tampon and pad togther in one hour lots of blood clots... Its been all day like this& dizzy, bad headache, cramps, seeing spots?

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A member asked:

I been experience while on my period strong pain cramps, back pain, blood clots both dark and pinkish more then usually and sometimes big ones. I also fill up a tampon in less than an hour. i had my period for 3 weeks straight it ended 2 weeks ago?

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A member asked:

Er, left sided pelvic pain. Age 40 . Have cyst . Never have bleeding between cycles. Large amounts of bright red blood pain w/ tampon , pain ^. Family h/o mult gyn cancers. No gyn doc in new state.

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