My girlfriend has always had a "lite to
none" kind of period. The doctor to her
mother that when girls are very athletic
that sometimes their monthly cycle can be
"lite to none". Well that was 2 years ago.
And now, on February 6th, she started what
seems to me a "real, full-blown" period.
She is freaking out, asking me what does
mine monthly cycle do and does bleed this
much and so on. She had to get super
tampons, which normally she didn't use one
at all (tampons that is, or any feminine
products). Ive looked in the toilet when
she had went potty, and to my assumptions
that is this looks normal.
My question to you is:
Is this normal for a girl to go from
having a period "lite to none" to
"super"?
Facts about situation
She changes her tampon maybe every 30
minutes to 2 hours for the past 3 days
using super tampon.
It seems likely that the “little to
none” menstrual periods your girlfriend
experienced 2 years ago were not "real"
periods. The hormonal function of the axis
hypothalamus-pituitary-ovaries was
probably still “sleepy”. Now, as the
axis begins to “wake up” the
relationship between the hormones are not
yet balanced.
It seems that what is happening is that
the follicles in the ovaries have been
stimulated to grow and to produce estrogen
hormones but ovulation is not established
yet because there is no progesterone.
Large amounts of estrogen hormones
stimulate the endometrium to grow.
However, without progesterone, estrogen
stimulation can not be stopped so the
endometrium grows more than normal and
becomes thicker. The endometrium is the
lining of the uterus that women actually
bleed every month during menstruation.
So, when the time for your girlfriend's
menstrual period comes, this overgrown
endometrium bleeds more than normally.
This condition is a kind of functional
bleeding called metropathia haemoragica
juvenilis. Easy cases are treated
symptomatically but severe cases are
treated with hormone therapy. Before
diagnosing this menstrual disorder as a
functional condition, all organic reasons
for such bleeding should be excluded first
such as : blood coagulation disorders,
tumors, infections, foreign bodies,
traumas etc. Your girlfriend can consult
a gynecologist for these diagnostics and
further advice.
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