Teen daughter period issues

[BumpowderSneezeonAndSnot]

My daughter has had periods for a little over 2 years now. Her cycle is around 2 months long and her periods are 10-14 days in length, heavy, make her vomit and she visibly becomes anaemic by the end of it (lethargic, pale, woozy).

Now I know this isn't normal. I have asked her to keep a diary of 4 periods and cycles so we can take them to the Dr and get it looked into but what could be the cause and what could be the likely outcome?

DH thinks I'm over reacting and looking to medicalise a normal bodily function and won't have it that my daughter's periods are not normal so it's made me doubt myself.

Don't make her wait, take her now, there's something not normal about that the poor girl. She doesn't know any different so it's her normal iyswim.

Thanks. I am taking her this week (have an appointment booked in)

No, definitely stick to your guns Bumpowder. I suffered horribly with periods as a teen (and it turned out later on that I had quite serious gynae issues related to "structural" priblems) and no one took it seriously. My DD is suffering badly now and although it does take a couple of years sometimes for a proper cycle to sort itself out, I am intent on getting her help if her really severe pain continues (some months she is fine and other months she is in agony).

I'm not sure your dh's reasoning stands up tbh, because many natural bodily functions can go wrong at times and anyway I think women have suffered in silence for far too long as far as periods are concerned! If men have toothache, do they not go to the dentist? Dental decay is a natural process after all?

BTW, I'm not a hcp but I think stores of iron build up and decrease over a long period of time, they don't fluctuate monthly as far as I know, so taking a daily supplement or something like Floradix on a consistent basis might be helpful.

Hope your DD can get some decent help with her periods soon, you don't mention her age, but it sounds like a lot for a young teen to handle.