I am on my period for only one to two days and then I discharge old thick blood for the rest of the days. What causes this?
Case Study #9737 Date: 11/5/2001
Hi,
I am on my period for only one to two days and then I discharge old thick blood for the rest of the days. What causes this?
Thanks,
Dr Lin’s Response:
Does the "rest of the days" mean that you continue to discharge for 25-27 days? If it means "2 or 3 days", it seems your uterus traps a lot of menstruation flood.
Case Study #9737 Date: 11/7/2001
E-mail 1: I meant for about 6 to 7 days. You said, "It seems your uterus traps a lot of menstruation flood." Is this bad? This has been going on for a couple of years now. E-mail 2: I should also probably say to you this. When I was 15, 24 now, I had a right side Hysterectomy. They found out that I was born with two vaginas, two uterus (one filled with blood), one kidney, my right fallopian tube (sorry, do not know how to spell it) was blocked and I had two cysts on my ovaries the size of softballs. He said all they did was fix the extra vagina, took care of the cysts and took out the extra uterus. I have no medical insurance, but I am going to the gynecologist next week because the regular clinic cannot find my cervix now. Ugh! So, out of all this. What can you tell me about my extra discharge, hon?
Thank you so much,
Dr Lin’s Response:
I think the outlet of your uterus won't open enough for draining or your uterus won't contract to squeeze out the menstrual blood. Your OB/GYN will decide how to fix this problem. Probably, your doctor will remove your uterus.
Normally, the cervix will automatically open and the uterus will contract to discharge the menstrual blood or other wastes into the vagina. Your "cervix" (degraded) and uterus don't function this way. Due to the dynamic change of the cervix and uterus in menstrual cycling, some women whose cervical tissues and uterine-support ligaments won't produce sufficient relaxant prostaglandin (PG) E1 will experience PMS or menstrual pain.
Case Study #9737 Date: 11/8/2001
I really appreciate and thank you for your replies and medical information. It is rather scary I must say, especially all that I have went through as a child. I hope my gynecologist will be as knowledgeable as you are with this matter.
Thanks again,
Dr Lin’s Response:
Thank you!
Your OB/GYN has different functions from us. We look into and analyze the problems from BioEngineering and BioChemical points of view. It helps solve the problem that way.
Take care!
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