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I Have Had My Period For Over A Week. It

Posted on Thu, 25 Feb 2021

Question: I have had my period for over a week. It is unusually heavy. So much that I am changing my tampon every 2-4 hours. Each time that I do, there are blood clots. I am not sure if this is something that I should go to the ER for.

Answered by Dr. Dr. B. Radhakrishnan. Nair (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Need more details

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Greetings
I can understand your situation
Need more details
Age, married/children,previous period cycles details,weight ,height suffering from any medical or hormonal conditions and on any medicines ?

Is there any chance of pregnancy ?
Have you faced same situations before?
Changing pad in 2 hrs with clots is alarming.You may need urgent evaluation and treatment.
May require progesterone to stop now

Feel free to ask your doubts with more details
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj

Follow up: Dr. Dr. B. Radhakrishnan. Nair (32 minutes later)

Here is the information you requested. I am 41, single no kids, nor a chance of being pregnant. I am 5ft 5 inches, 340 lbs previous cycle was around 12/20/20. I have no known medical nor hormonal problems besides obesity. I did have something similar to this about 10 years ago.

Answered by Dr. Dr. B. Radhakrishnan. Nair (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Ok

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for the information.
It could be due to hormonal imbalance.
In that case rush to a Gynaecologist and start progesterone hormone immediately.
Waiting will deteriorate.
Hope my answer helps you

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj