Hi. My 13 year old began her third ever period just over two weeks ago and she haemorrhaged with massive clots and bleeding through pads every 10 minutes. She was prescribed norethisterone and was taking it three times a day for ten days.
They have now dropped her to one tablet a day for ten days. She had been taking one tablet a day for 3 days and had started bleeding with some clots again. The first night she woke up at 3am and had bled through everything. The following day she had sporadic bleeding, going from moderate to heavy bleeding. Between 1:40 and 3:30 (when she finished school) she had bled through a super pad, her underwear and shorts). Last night she woke at 5am and had bled through everything again, cleaned up and went back to bed. Up at 7:35 and pad was soaked again.
Her last blood tests have came back OK, her clotting factor is fine. She does have low white blood count and symptoms that would suggest a virus (just typically being unwell). She cut her finger about 12 days ago and bled for 2.5 hours. Doctor thinks that may be unrelated. However her finger did start bleeding again after being at the doctor, with thick blood that slid down her finger.
She was at the doctor again on the same day she started bleeding again as she has been feeling generally unwell. He is doing further blood tests and checking for glandular fever.
Has anyone else experienced bleeding while still on a low dose of norethisterone? She is meant to begin the mixed contraceptive pill after these 10 days. We are hoping her bleeding will settle down before she begins the mixed contraceptive. She also has bad period pain.
Her new blood test results came back within normal range. She is still bleeding fairly heavy and it is day 5 now.
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Chatterboxnz · 06/07/2018 05:50
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