A 40-year-old member asked:
What is the difference between menstrual and vagina bleeding?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Menstrual bleeding: Occurs when a female has her period. However there are other possible causes of vaginal bleeding. Menstrual bleeding is just one type of vaginal bleeding.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Can amoxicillin cause vaginal bleeding or menstrual bleeding to become heavier?
Dr. Hunter Handsfieldanswered
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A 19-year-old female asked:
How to differentiate between menstrual bleeding and vaginal bleeding(which happens during pregnancy)?. Please help me as i am really worried.
A Verified Doctoranswered
56 years experience
Pregnancy test: If you have a positive pregnancy test in about a week and another a week later you will have your answer.
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A 35-year-old female asked:
I am having continuous menstrual bleeding, at first it was spotting between periods, now it is just continuous light bleeding, pain in ovaries and pelvis.
A Verified Doctoranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 40 years experience
See doctor now: This is serious and should be evaluated as soon as possible by a physician to determine the cause and treatment options. Call now
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