What Causes Prolonged Period Bleeding Post LEEP Procedure?

Posted on Sat, 31 May 2014

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Question : HI my name is XXXXX i had the leep procedure 8 months ago becouse i had and abnormal pap smear my peorids priour to the procdure were always normal as of this month I have been bleeding for almost a month I may go 2 days no bllod and then it starts back up with lots of big clots could it be stress what could be going on any suggestions im really nurves even took a pregency test it was negutive please help
also im cold all the time and very week its more cloting then anything could it be cancer im just trying to prepare myself before going to the dr

Answered by Dr. Cori Baill (20 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Procedure 8 months ago not related

Detailed Answer:
Unless XXXXXXX cancer was present on LEEP, this is unrelated.

Please see your gynecologist, check thyroid, prolactin and FSH with blood tests. Rule out STD with testing of urine or vaginal swab. A twelve day course of progestin or nightly oral progesterone may correct current episode if you skipped an ovulation due to stress. But that won't solve the problem long term if it's due to underlying imbalance or infection. In my opinion, you need to visit a gynecologist and start treatment.

Regards

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